The Privacy Commissioner of Canada and other international data protection authorities recently issued a joint statement urging websites and social media platforms to do more to protect personal information from unlawful data...more
9/8/2023
/ Canada ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Joint Statements ,
Online Platforms ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Comissioners ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Social Media ,
Web Scraping ,
Websites
Recent findings by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (“OPC”) found that Home Depot of Canada Inc. (“Home Depot”) did not obtain valid meaningful consent to share summary purchase information with Meta Platforms...more
2/10/2023
/ Canada ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Facebook ,
Home Depot ,
Information Technology ,
OPC ,
Personal Information ,
PIPEDA ,
Popular ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Privacy Policy ,
Retailers ,
Statutory Violations
The Ontario Court of Appeal recently ruled that an organization that fails to take adequate steps to safeguard personal information in its possession cannot be held liable under the tort of intrusion upon seclusion when that...more
12/7/2022
/ Appeals ,
Canada ,
Class Action ,
Data Breach ,
Intrusion Upon Seclusion ,
Liability ,
Negligence ,
Ontario ,
Personal Information ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Tort