Changes to Privacy Law: FIPPA, Data Residency Rules and Privacy Impact Assessments
By Jeff Holowaychuk The amendments to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) late last year ushered in a new era for ... Continued
Changes to Privacy Law: FIPPA, Breach Notification and Privacy Management Programs
By Scott Lamb Major changes are underway to privacy law in Canada, and in British Columbia some of these changes have already been made. On ... Continued
Privacy, Penalties and AI Regulation – The New Digital Charter Implementation Act
By Jeff Holowaychuk and Lauren Zeleschuk Almost two years since it was first introduced as Bill C-11, Parliament is once again considering the Digital Charter ... Continued
Clark Wilson Welcomes Eight New Associates
Clark Wilson is pleased to announce that Imroz Ali, Kim Brown, Kim Do, Jessica Dorfmann, Jared Knott, Mani Saggu, Lauren Zeleschuk, and Jimmy Zhang, have ... Continued
Big Changes on the Way – Proposed Amendments to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Last week, the BC Government introduced new legislation that, if passed, represents a significant change to the way in which BC public bodies process access ... Continued
Clarifying “Reasonable Security Arrangements”: Privacy Commissioners Update Their Guidance
With the increasing frequency of phishing, malware and other cybersecurity threats, and the growing legal and reputational impacts of data breaches, securing your organization’s data ... Continued
Facial Recognition Technology: The Privacy Commissioner Responds in Canada
From unlocking phones to assisting in a missing person investigation, facial recognition technology (“FRT”) has proven to be a useful technology. However, FRT is being ... Continued
British Columbia Extends COVID-19 Related Data Residency Exemptions for Health Care and Public Bodies
New Year’s Eve 2021 will be far more social than last year’s (we can hope)… but for all the good times, there is the danger ... Continued
Webinar | The Modernization of Canadian Privacy Law: Where Are We Heading?
Did you know that Canadian companies have more control over how they handle their personal information? Individuals and organizations, both large and small, are increasingly ... Continued
Webinar | The Modernization of Canadian Privacy Law – May 5, 2021
Did you know that Canadian companies have more control over how they handle their personal information? Individuals and organizations, both large and small, are increasingly ... Continued
Lucy in the Cloud with Diamonds: FIPPA Changes Open the Door a Crack to the Reality of Cloud Computing
Entities subject to BC’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) have long struggled with how to take advantage of technologies and services ... Continued
A Reasonable Expectation of Privacy
The Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decision in Jarvis provides a new framework for determining whether an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy. Although ... Continued