Privacy

Aon’s global privacy tech director spoke to SiliconRepublic.com about the evolving privacy landscape and why security costs so much. While data is growing and transforming industries all the time, the privacy landscape is also changing. This means companies need to navigate the murky waters of being able to effectively use…

Photo credit : TechCrunch via Getty Images China, the most populous nation in the world, passed its first significant data privacy legislation in August. Moving forward, any global business or aspiring startup doing any type of trade or offering services online likely will be affected because they’ll be engaging with…

This is the first in a series of articles about privacy-related issues that may be of interest to state attorneys general. When I was in law school, “privacy law” wasn’t really discussed. Today, it seems like all anyone can talk about. That might be because I work on privacy and…

On September 22, the Act to modernize legislative provisions relating to the protection of personal information (“Bill 64”) received royal assent, after its adoption by the National Assembly of Quebec a day earlier. The Act represents a major reform of the current privacy regime in Quebec, with changes aimed at…

In Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, provincial governments are in various stages of public consultations on privacy legislation reform. Given that Canada’s key overarching legal framework, the Privacy Act, was created before the advent of the internet, this is not only natural, but long overdue. However, instead of a…

BACK IN FEBRUARY, Facebook announced a little experiment. It would reduce the amount of political content shown to a subset of users in a few countries, including the US, and then ask them about the experience. “Our goal is to preserve the ability for people to find and interact with political…

The mobile apps installed on our smartphones are one of the biggest threats to our digital privacy. They are capable of collecting vast amounts of personal data, often highly sensitive. The consent model on which privacy laws are based doesn’t work. App users remain concerned about privacy, as a recent…

On July 8th,  the Federal Court ruled in the Office of the Privacy Commissioner’s (OPC) favour in a decision that touched PIPEDA’s application to search engines and what has become known in privacy law as “the right to be forgotten.” The decision brings clarity on whether search engines like Google,…

With privacy becoming ever-more important to consumers, good privacy practices are good for business. Follow these tips to protect your customers’ personal information and comply with the federal law. Get your customers’ consent to collect their personal information and limit your collection and retention of it. Ensure staff receive appropriate privacy protection training. Limit and monitor access…

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has closed the file on a complaint against three of Canada’s federal political parties noting that the federal private sector privacy law does not apply to the activities outlined by the complainant. The OPC concluded that the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA or…