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- UKSC decides data thief was on a “frolic of his own”
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has decided an important vicarious liability case in favour of a company whose rogue employee stole payroll information and posted it online. The company entrusted the employee with payroll data pertaining to over 120,000 of its employees to facilitate an audi … Read more »
- Hackers, hacking and cybersecurity for kids
Many of you know Dustin Rivers and Chris Lutz of the Public Service Information Community Connection, who run some of our major Canadian privacy conferences. Like the great entrepreneurs they are, Dustin and Chris have put together an online kids camp for delivery to COVID-sequestered kids from acro … Read more »
- NSCA issues principled judgement on relevance standard for production and proportionality
On February 28th, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal held that a motor vehicle accident plaintiff was not entitled to production of her insurer’s policy documents merely because she had alleged bad faith. It held that these documents might be relevant, but the plaintiff failed to meet an evidentiary bu … Read more »
- NSCA denies privilege claim for statement made in collective agreement bargaining
On March 10th, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal held that a government statement made to the province’s teachers union in the course of collective agreement bargaining was not subject to settlement or case-by-case privilege. The union has brought an application that alleges breach of the duty to barg … Read more »
- Four data security points for pandemic planners who are addressing the coronavirus
Organizations currently engaged in pandemic planning ought to consider the data and cybersecurity risks associated with the rapid adoption of telework. Planning should start now, with the following considerations in mind. Remote access risks. Secure remote access should continue to be a requirement. … Read more »