Compliance
A quick comparative survey of Quebec’s proposed privacy legislation
On June 12, 2020, Quebec tabled its proposed update to its public and private sector privacy laws, and it lives up to the promise of the “GDPR-style legislation” first announced this spring. There are a number of elements that echo other federal and provincial privacy laws in Canada, but there…
Read More »Microsoft Throws Its Support Behind CCPA and Tougher Privacy Laws
With the stringent new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which goes into effect on January 1, 2020, the top technology companies in the United States are starting to position themselves for a completely new operating environment in less than two months. Seattle-based Microsoft is now the first major tech company…
Read More »A few practical tips for managing deletion requests
Data rights requests continue to be one of the most challenging areas of GDPR compliance. Last year, we published some practical tips on how to manage subject access requests. In this article, we focus on another tricky right under the GDPR – the right to deletion. Practically speaking, deletion requests…
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