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Data Spring Cleaning: Minimize Your Liability

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When we are retained by clients to guide them through a cyber-attack in which information has been stolen by a threat actor, we almost always find that the client has unnecessarily stored sensitive information far beyond the...more

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Gouvernail des données de Blakes : mai 2025

Bienvenue à la toute première édition de l’infolettre Gouvernail des données de Blakes, une publication du groupe Protection de la vie privée et des données de Blakes. Cette infolettre a pour but d’effectuer un survol des...more

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Blakes Data Governor: May 2025

Welcome to Blakes Data Governor, a new publication of the Blakes Privacy & Data Protection group. Blakes Data Governor provides actionable insights and practical overviews of recent developments impacting privacy,...more

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Pratiques exemplaires liées à la vérification numérique de l’identité dans le secteur canadien des services financiers

De nombreuses entreprises de services financiers sont tenues en vertu de lois et de règlements de vérifier l’identité de leurs clients. Il existe des outils technologiques novateurs qui simplifient le processus de...more

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Protection de la vie privée au Canada : Nouvel outil d’autoévaluation des risques d’atteinte à la vie privée

Le 26 mars 2025, le Commissariat à la protection de la vie privée du Canada (le « CPVP ») a déployé, à l’intention des organisations, un outil d’autoévaluation du risque réel de préjudice grave à la vie privée (l’« outil »)....more

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Privacy Commissioner of Canada Releases Privacy Breach Risk Assessment Tool

On March 26, 2025, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) released a privacy breach real risk of significant harm assessment tool (Tool) for organizations....more

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New Information Security Incident Framework for Quebec Financial Institutions

On April 23, 2025, Quebec’s Regulation respecting the management and reporting of information security incidents by certain financial institutions and by credit assessment agents (Regulation) will come into force. Issued by...more

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10 Key Questions to Guide Cyber Risk Management

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Asking the right questions within your organization is key to effectively managing cyber risk. Here are 10 questions that you should ask your team...more

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Recent Biometrics Decisions from Québec’s Data Protection Authority: Five Key Takeaways

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Two recent decisions by Québec’s data protection authority, the Commission d’accès à l’information (the “CAI”), should serve as cautionary tales for any business contemplating the deployment of biometric information...more

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Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks | Issue 27

Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe....more

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Québec’s Restrictive Approach to Biometric Data Poses Challenges for Businesses Working on Security Projects

The recent decision by the Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec (CAI) regarding a popular grocer’s biometric data project in Quebec has far-reaching implications for other businesses considering or currently using...more

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Canada Announces Refreshed Advisory Council on AI to Promote Safe and Responsible AI

On March 6, 2025, François-Phillipe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced a series of initiatives to support responsible and safe artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, including...more

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Similarity Between Cross-Jurisdictional Class Actions Is Not Enough to Justify Staying One Action Pre-Certification

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In InvestorCOM Inc. v. L’Anton, 2025 BCCA 40, the BC Court of Appeal upheld the chambers judge’s decision not to strike the plaintiff’s claim because of a parallel action in Ontario that also sought certification as a...more

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Children's Online Privacy Subject to Increased Regulatory Scrutiny

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Regulatory scrutiny is increasing concerning information of minors. Canadian privacy commissioners have identified minor's rights as a clear priority, and US regulators are setting strict parameters around what organizations...more

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Prorogation du Parlement : L’incertitude plane sur diverses questions de la politique sur le numérique du gouvernement fédéral

Le 6 janvier 2025, la session parlementaire fédérale a pris fin lorsque la gouverneure générale du Canada a accepté la demande du premier ministre Trudeau de proroger le Parlement jusqu’au 24 mars 2025....more

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Revue de l’année 2024 du droit canadien de la protection de la vie privée

Comme dans les années passées, notre équipe souligne la Semaine de la protection des données en résumant les principaux développements survenus dans ce domaine en 2024 au Canada et en présentant un aperçu des répercussions...more

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Demysitifying the Canadian Business Transaction Exemption

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The tightening of privacy and data protection compliance obligations in Canada and the United States, has led to increasingly comprehensive “data security and privacy” representations and warranties in purchase agreements, as...more

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Transferring Employee Data From Canada to the United States: Key Considerations for Employers

As of September 22, 2024, the final provision of Law 25, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information, will take effect, establishing a new right to data portability for...more

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Canadian Privacy Law 2024 Year in Review

As in previous years, our team marks Data Privacy Week with a summary of important privacy developments in Canada in 2024 and highlights what a busy electoral year could mean for Canadian privacy law in 2025....more

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Protect, Prepare, Prevail: Navigating a Complex Cybersecurity World

From a rise in attacks on smaller businesses to new regulations and the growing role of AI, cybersecurity continues to evolve. In this episode, Blakes lawyers Sunny Handa, Liliane Langevin, Christopher DiMatteo and Cathy...more

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Biometrics in the Workplace: Issues and Legal Framework in Quebec

Employers are increasingly interested in the use of biometrics in the workplace. In fact, Quebec’s privacy regulator, the Commission d’accès à l’information (CAI), indicates in its 2023-2024 Annual Activity and Management...more

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The Trifecta: What to Expect from a Second Trump Administration and a Republican Congress

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Republicans have swept the 2024 elections, returning Donald Trump to the White House as the 47th President and flipping the Senate to a Republican majority. Having narrowly maintained control of the House of Representatives,...more

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Utilisation de la biométrie en milieu de travail : enjeux et cadre juridique au Québec

L’utilisation des données biométriques en milieu de travail suscite un intérêt croissant de la part des employeurs. En effet, dans son Rapport annuel d’activités et de gestion 2023-2024, la Commission d’accès à l’information...more

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Proposed Changes to Alberta Public-Sector Privacy and Access to Information Laws

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On November 6, 2024, the Alberta government introduced Bill C-33 and Bill C-34 which aim to replace the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act with: (1) the Protection of Privacy Act; and (2) the Access to...more

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Un nouveau droit à la portabilité des données est en vigueur au Québec

Le 22 septembre 2024, un nouveau droit individuel à la portabilité des données est entré en vigueur en vertu de la législation québécoise sur la protection de la vie privée applicable dans le secteur privé, soit la Loi sur la...more

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