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- Appeal court reverses Facebook’s Canadian privacy win
On September 9, 2024, the Federal Court of Appeal did something very interesting. A unanimous three judge panel fully reversed the factual conclusions of the court below to conclude that Facebook had violated the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act in connection with the Cam … Read more »
- Important new Ontario court decision on privilege in incident response documentation
The Ontario divisional court has just released a decision, LifeLabs LP v. Information and Privacy Commr. (Ontario), 2024 ONSC 2194, that should grab the attention of Canadian lawyers who work in cyber incident response. I don’t know whether it will be appealed, but the logic of the decision is prett … Read more »
- Canada's New "Online Harms" bill – and overview and a few critiques
It is finally here: the long-anticipated Online Harms bill. It was tabled in Parliament on February 26, 2024 as Bill C-63. It is not as bad as I expected, but it has some serious issues that need to be addressed if it is going to be Charter-compliant. It also has some room for serious improvement a … Read more »
- Canadian Bill S-210 proposes age verification for internet users
There’s a bill working its way through the Parliament that presents a clear and present danger to the free and open internet, to freedom of expression and to privacy online. It’s a private member’s bill that shockingly has gotten traction. You may have heard of it, thanks to Professor Michael Geist, … Read more »
- How the Grinch Stole Privacy – A Privacylawyer Holiday Special
I also had the oppotunity to talk about this silly take with CBC Information Morning Halifax and Cape Breton. You can listen to the interviews here: Halifax, Cape Breton. … Read more »