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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Canada's Privacy Regulator Lauches New Tools for Data Breach Reporting

On May 24, 2024, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) issued new guidance relating to data breach reporting for federal institutions and businesses....more

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Québec’s Proposed Confidentiality Incident Regulation: When to Notify and What to Include

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A little over nine months after it passed An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information (“Bill 64”) overhauling, among other legislation, the province’s public and private sector...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

La cybersécurité au cœur de la réforme du droit à la protection de la vie privée au Canada

L’économie numérique a transformé nos modes de vie ainsi que la façon dont les organisations exercent leurs activités. Elle soulève également des enjeux inédits au chapitre de la protection de la vie privée; des enjeux qui...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Cybersecurity Among Factors Driving Privacy Law Reform in Canada

The digital economy has changed the way we live and the way organizations carry on business. It has also raised unique privacy challenges that were not imaginable when Canada’s private-sector privacy laws were originally...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

One Year into Mandatory Reporting, Canada’s Privacy Commissioner Releases Key Data Breach Trends

To mark the one-year anniversary of mandatory breach reporting under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) published a blog post...more

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Canada Releases One-Year Report On National Breach Reporting Law

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On November 1st of last year, businesses became subject to new mandatory breach reporting regulations under Canada’s federal private sector privacy law, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act...more

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Transborder Data Flow Consent Standard is Reaffirmed

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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)'s report, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) Report of Findings #2019-001, issued April 9, 2019, into the Equifax hack, created...more

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Limitation Period for Damages Claims under Personal Information Protection Act (Alberta)

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The Alberta Court of Appeal in Moore’s Industrial Service Ltd. v Kugler, 2019 ABCA 178 has confirmed that the limitation period under the Limitations Act (Alberta) applicable to a claim for damages under section 60 of the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - April 2019

In this month's Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine several recent U.K.-related cybersecurity developments and the SEC's risk alert reminding investment advisers and broker-dealers to follow through on implementing...more

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Changes to Cross-Border Data Flow Consent Requirements: Is Your Privacy Policy Still Compliant?

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Seeking input from interested third parties, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) announced a revision to its policy position on transborder data flow under the federal Personal Information Protection and...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

OPC Proposes a Reversal in its Approach to Transfers of Personal Information to Service Providers for Processing

On April 9, 2019, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) played a belated April Fools’ joke. They launched a consultation on transborder data flows in which they indicated that they were revisiting their...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

2019 Legal Trends: Cybersecurity

As part of our quarterly series on current trends across different industries, our first article for 2019 looks at the current landscape of cybersecurity and highlights key legal trends and developments. We also offer some...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Canadian Confidential: Mandatory Data Breach Notifications under PIPEDA

While businesses and consumers were all agog to see the latest variation of the California Consumer Privacy Act passed earlier this year, Canada quietly introduced its latest permutation to the Personal Information Protection...more

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Cyber Breach at the Ontario Cannabis Store Impacts 4,500 Consumers

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The Toronto Sun reported this morning that the privacy of 4,500 consumers of recreational cannabis in Ontario has been compromised. The names and addresses of individuals purchasing cannabis through the Ontario Cannabis Store...more

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Canada’s New Breach Notification Law: A Global Reach?

We’ve blogged previously about the patchwork of state data privacy laws, and the challenges it poses for multinational businesses. Now, U.S. companies need to beware of our neighbor to the north as well: Canada has enacted a...more

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Are You Ready for Canada’s New Privacy Breach Rules?

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Mandatory privacy breach notification, reporting and record-keeping obligations under Canada’s federal data protection law called the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) will come into force...more

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What to Expect Come November 2018: Privacy Commissioner’s Final Guidelines on Mandatory Breach Reporting under PIPEDA

On October 29, 2018, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) published the final guidance intended to assist organizations in complying with the mandatory breach reporting and record-keeping requirements under...more

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New Data Breach Reporting Requirements in Canada

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Canada now follows the US trend to require reporting of personal data exposures. Beginning November 1, 2018, a change in the law will require companies subject to Canada’s federal data protection laws to report data breaches...more

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Your 10-Step Guide to New Mandatory Breach Reporting

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This 10-step guide will walk you through the upcoming changes to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), the factors to consider in being prepared under PIPEDA and other related...more

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Privacy Commissioner Publishes Draft Guidelines for Mandatory Breach Reporting under PIPEDA

On September 17, 2018, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) published draft guidelines on mandatory breach reporting under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). The...more

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Mandatory Data Breach Notification in Canada: Understanding Your New Obligations

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On April 18, 2018, the Government of Canada published the final regulations relating to mandatory reporting of privacy breaches under Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”). ...more

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Canadian Breach Notification Requirements Take Effect November 1

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On April 18, 2018, the Canadian government published long-awaited Breach of Security Safeguards Regulations specifying the requirements for notifying the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and affected individuals of data...more

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Federal Data Breach Reporting Regulations Published – Take Effect November 2018

The final Breach of Security Safeguards Regulations (Regulations) under the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) were made on March 26, 2018, and published on April 18, 2018. The...more

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Data Breach Notification Coming to Canada

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The Government of Canada has announced that its proposed data breach notification requirements pursuant to the Digital Privacy Act (the “Act”) will take effect on November 1, 2018. The Act amends Canada’s Personal...more

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The Weekly Privacy Rewind

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Canada - Data Breach Notification Provisions of PIPEDA Act Go Into Effect Nov. 1, 2018 - • Pursuant to a March 26, 2018 Order in Council, the mandatory breach notification provisions of Canada’s Personal Information...more

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