Privacy

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…

As authorities and companies explore surveillance tools to fight the coronavirus and reopen the U.S. economy, many federal lawmakers agree that privacy protections are key. But proposals for safeguards unveiled in recent weeks have crashed into two familiar roadblocks in the U.S. Senate. Many Republicans want federal law to override…

I never would have consciously volunteered my home address, work location and vacation plans to Tim Hortons, but the company found out anyway. I haven’t been singled out for special treatment. For more than a year, the coffee chain has been tracking the movements of customers in exacting detail through…

The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, promulgated, on 10 June 2020, Law No. 14.0140 of 10 June 2020 (‘the Law’), which postpones the enforcement of Law No. 13.709 of 14 August 2018, General Personal Data Protection Law (as amended by Law No. 13.853 of 8 July 2019) (‘LGPD’) to August…

The Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) yesterday approved of Bell Canada’s new AI-based anti-spam system on a 90-day trial basis. The system will be tested for 90 days to measure its efficacy in blocking fraudulent calls from illegitimate and malformed numbers. Bell’s application specifies that its new system uses AI…

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…

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June 17, 10:00AM to 12:30PM EDT In jurisdictions around the world, automated contact tracing is being considered as an element of COVID-19 recovery efforts. However, in many regions these efforts are being met with resistance, with significant questions being raised around surveillance, privacy, and even the efficacy of such systems.…

June 10, 2020 @ 12:00 Noon In May 2020, TrustArc conducted a comprehensive Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey of more than 1,500 senior executives, privacy office leaders, privacy team members, management, and full-time employees outside the privacy function. The survey findings include benchmarking data on how companies are managing their privacy…

Okay, this won’t be a musical but will be an entertaining discussion on how and why you should keep Records of Processing Activities as per Article 30 of the GDPR. Did you know that every organisation should be keeping RoPA – the exception is not a blanket one? If this…