Mondaq Canada: Privacy
The Supreme Court of Canada released two judgments and heard one appeal likely to be of interest to Canadian business and professionals.
The British Columbia Supreme Court recently granted an order permitting substituted service on anonymous users of several Internet-based forums in a defamation action.
The Supreme Court of British Columbia recently confirmed that there is no common law tort of invasion of privacy in that province.
In a brief judgment Madam Justice Saunders of the British Columbia Court of Appeal has ruled that doctors who are not parties to a pharmaceutical class action cannot be ordered to produce the names, addresses and contact information of patients who might be members of the class, for the purposes of giving them notice of the class action: Logan v Hong, 2013 BCCA 249.
On June 1, 2013, Nova Scotia’s Personal Health Information Act, SNS 2010, c 41 along with the Personal Health Information Regulations, NS Reg 217/2012 came into force.
The recent decision of the Information & Privacy Commissioner of Alberta deals with the collection of personal information of truck drivers by a private service company, called the "Professional Drivers Bureau".
Last week Bill C-475 (a private member’s bill that proposes to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)) was up for debate at second reading in Parliament.
You would never buy a company without performing comprehensive diligence first, and you should take the same approach to signing an outsourcing contract.
The British Columbia Court of Appeal recently ruled to protect patient-physician confidentiality in the context of a class action in Logan v. Hong.
The Federal Privacy Commissioner and the Provincial and Territorial Commissioners from all provinces and territories, except Quebec, have collaborated on a "Privacy Emergency Kit".
Canada’s Federal Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart today released a position paper which offers a roadmap for modernizing Canada’s federal private-sector privacy law, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), so that it more effectively tackles current and future privacy issues.
In a case that pitted privacy rights against the efficacy of class notification, the British Columbia Court of Appeal has come down squarely on the side of upholding privacy rights.
An overview of U.S. and Canadian privacy considerations for mergers and acquisitions.
An organization receiving personal information from a third party must ensure it has the individual’s consent prior to collecting, using or disclosing that individual’s personal information.
The Federal Privacy Commissioner and the Provincial and Territorial Commissioners from all provinces and territories, except Quebec, have collaborated on a "Privacy Emergency Kit".
A discussion on a recent decision of the Alberta Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner in which an adjudicator emphasizes the narrow scope of personal information that can be considered reasonable to collect, use, and disclose for the purpose of providing background checks.
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada Jennifer Stoddart has released her report entitled " The Case for Reforming the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act".
On February 25, 2013, the CRTC held an informal consultation session with industry and consumer groups about Canada’s upcoming anti-spam legislation.
The definition of "family relationship" in the draft Industry Canada regulations regarding Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation is a case in point.
The High Court recently decided that for damages to be recoverable by a data subject for breaches of the Data Protection Acts, the data subject must prove that he suffered loss as a result of the breaches.
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The Privacy Commissioner of Canada Jennifer Stoddart has released her report entitled " The Case for Reforming the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act".
A British Columbia arbitrator has denied an application by the United Steelworkers for an interim injunction that would prohibit Teck Coal from performing random drug and alcohol tests at several coal mines until the union’s grievance of that policy could be addressed.
An overview of U.S. and Canadian privacy considerations for mergers and acquisitions.
An organization receiving personal information from a third party must ensure it has the individual’s consent prior to collecting, using or disclosing that individual’s personal information.
In a case that pitted privacy rights against the efficacy of class notification, the British Columbia Court of Appeal has come down squarely on the side of upholding privacy rights.
Canada’s Federal Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart today released a position paper which offers a roadmap for modernizing Canada’s federal private-sector privacy law, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), so that it more effectively tackles current and future privacy issues.
A discussion on a recent decision of the Alberta Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner in which an adjudicator emphasizes the narrow scope of personal information that can be considered reasonable to collect, use, and disclose for the purpose of providing background checks.
Ontario private sector employers take note: you may have just successfully complied with the Customer Service Standard requirements, but now you face the first of several new deadlines for compliance under the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation ("IAS Regulation"), pursuant to the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.
If an employee views a confidential file contrary to clear and reasonable policy, she can be fired for cause.
