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- Alberta Court says Charter precludes statutory compulsion to identify scrap metal sellers
On January 23rd, the Alberta Court of Justice held that the provisions of the Alberta Scrap Metal Dealers and Recyclers Identification Act that require scrap metal dealers to identify scrap metal sellers and transmit their information to government for law enforcement purposes violate the Charter pr … Read more »
- Ontario (M)FIPPA institutions, file encryption, and breach notification – a hint
As most of you know, the Ontario IPC released four decisions in the summer relating to breach reporting and notification obligations under PHIPA and the CYSFA. One controversial finding (which is subject to a judicial review application) is that the encryption of files by ransomware actors triggers … Read more »
- Mandate letters decision applied to give full force to academic freedom exclusion in Alberta
The Supreme Court of Canada issued its “Mandate Letters” decision in February of this year. It was an obscure case for day-to-day freedom of information practice, addressing whether written mandates by a premier to their ministers are accessible to the public under freedom of information legislation … Read more »
- Court shields file path information from the public (and threat actors), addresses scope of s-c privilege
On November 7th, the Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court issued an access to information decision with some notable points. First, the Court held that a public body validly redacted file path information from a document set based on the security of a computer system exemption to the public right … Read more »
- BC arbitrator finds privacy violation arises out of employer investigation
On October 31, British Columbia labour arbitrator Chris Sullivan awarded $30,000 to a union based on a finding that an employer unnecessarily investigated statements made by a union president in a video that the union claimed to be confidential. He based this award on a breach of the anti-union disc … Read more »