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You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know: Creating Privacy Impact Assessments

You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know: Creating Privacy Impact Assessments

  • August 23, 2018
  • Shan Alavi, B.Com (Hons.) JD, Technology Lawyer, www.legalmindspc.com

Large-scale data breaches at corporations such as Facebook and Ashley Madison have underscored the need for organizations to re-evaluate their approaches to data security. If legal professionals use Privacy Impact Assessments to uncover organizations' privacy blind spots, they can then work to address those systemic issues using multi-disciplinary approaches.

Privacy Law, Student Forum

What's New in Pensions & Benefits

  • April 10, 2018
  • Evan Shapiro and Michelle Rival

The 2018 Ontario Budget, annuity purchase discharge regulations, draft regulations for the payment of variable benefits, and more...

Privacy Law

Privacy Class Actions, By The Numbers

  • March 16, 2018
  • Christopher Naudie & Evan Thomas, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

An updated trend analysis of privacy class actions in Canada, noting an increasing incidence of privacy breaches arising from hacking, misuse of information by employees, theft or loss of personal information, and other causes.

Privacy Law, Student Forum

Open Contracting: Exploring Open Government in Contracting and Procurement

  • March 16, 2018
  • Michael Rothe

The Ontario Bar Association’s Public Sector Lawyers Section in collaboration with the Privacy and Right to Access to Information Section hosted a panel discussion this winter on open contracting, which is a part of the open government initiative to increase transparency and accountability in the area of government contracting and procurement.

Privacy Law, Public Sector Lawyers, Student Forum
Uber Breach Further Stresses the Need for Breach Reporting Laws in Canada

Uber Breach Further Stresses the Need for Breach Reporting Laws in Canada

  • January 10, 2018
  • Fazila Nurani

The Uber data breach demonstrates that companies need to be prepared for breaches, including how to communicate with the regulators and their customers in a timely manner. 2018 will hopefully be the year that the PIPEDA breach notification and reporting regulations come into force, strengthening Canada’s privacy law for the better.

Privacy Law
The Oncoming Storm: Managing Cyber-Risk

The Oncoming Storm: Managing Cyber-Risk

  • January 10, 2018
  • Shan Alavi

The legal sector must learn to manage Cyber-Risk effectively by utilizing various forms of insurance and risk mitigation strategies. The principles of Information Technology strategy formulation and project risk planning can provide inspiration in understanding and managing the overall legal ramifications of cyber-security attacks and data breaches, including mandatory breach reporting.

Privacy Law

Exploring Open Government in Contracting and Procurement

  • January 10, 2018
  • Jordan Greenwood

Open Government and open contracting in the procurement context have created a paradigm shift in how information is managed and disclosed at all levels of government. This shift will have an impact on lawyers representing private sector clients who wish to obtain procurement contracts from public sector institutions.

Privacy Law