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Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Canada Publishes New Breach Reporting Forms

Effective May 24, 2024, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has introduced a new online PIPEDA breach reporting form for federal institutions and businesses subject to the Personal Information Protection...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Privacy Authorities Press Platforms to Protect Publicly Posted Personal Information

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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

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

First OPC Ruling for 2023 Will Impact Third-Party Processor Contracts

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) recently released findings stemming from a customer complaint that Home Depot of Canada (Home Depot) had violated the Personal Information Protection and Electronic...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Privacy Commissioners Issue Report on Clearview AI's Facial Recognition Tool

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The use of a facial recognition tool by Clearview AI, Inc. was the subject of an investigation by the privacy commissioners of Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec and their federal counterpart. In their jointly published...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Litigation Risk on the Rise: 3 Trends in Cybersecurity Class Actions in Canada

Cybersecurity litigation in Canada is on the rise. Given that the number of data breaches in Canada has been rising exponentially in recent years, the increase in cybersecurity litigation is unsurprising. However, the...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

New Zealand Privacy Commissioner: Companies Need To Be Fully Transparent About Data Processing

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Click to accept – not always good enough, says the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner. Companies need to be fully transparent about their data processing practices and take steps to ensure that this is conveyed to the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Navigating Data Processing Ethics for FinTech in Hong Kong

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If adopted efficiently, the PDPC’s Ethical Accountability Framework should help organizations to demonstrate and enhance trust with individuals. In October, 2018, Hong Kong’s Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD)...more

White & Case LLP

Singapore and Hong Kong agree to strengthen data protection cooperation

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On 31 May 2019, the Data Protection Authorities of Singapore and Hong Kong signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") intended to strengthen cooperation in data protection in the two jurisdictions....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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