Canadian Communications Law

When it comes to cyberattacks, even the mighty fall. From rogue employees to inadvertent leaks, the number of breaches in Canada continues to climb. Cyber-risk management has become omnipresent for boards of directors (boards) across Canada. John MacKay,... Read more

Alberta Court of Appeal clarifies that the limitation period for bringing civil actions for privacy breaches doesn’t start running until the time to appeal an OIPC order expires: Moore’s Industrial Service Ltd. v. Kugler 2019 ABCA 178 The Alberta... Read more

Shawn Smith and Wesley Ng, who practice in our Technology and Privacy & Data Protection Groups, along with Practical Law Data Privacy Advisors, recently authored the Canadian chapter of Practical Law Company’s Bank Secrecy Laws. This publication... Read more

You may be your brother’s keeper after all, according to Canada’s spam and malware watchdog. In a bulletin likely to send shock-waves through the digital business community, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)... Read more

Changes may be afoot to clarify the scope of Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), improve public awareness of the law’s requirements and provide greater transparency with respect to its enforcement and investigative process -- although it... Read more

Nearly 3 years after passing amendments to Canada’s federal private sector privacy law to include mandatory breach notification and record-keeping requirements, the Government has finalized some related regulations and announced that the new obligations... Read more

In one of the most significant and controversial interpretations of Canada’s private sector privacy law since its inception, the federal Privacy Commissioner has suggested, to the surprise of many, that the existing law supports a right for individuals... Read more

Playing catchup on 2017 developments in Canadian privacy law? Here’s a list of our Top 10: Supreme Court deals blow to choice of forum provisions in consumer contracts In Douez v. Facebook, a divided Supreme Court refused to enforce an otherwise... Read more

Following a series of hearings this fall, a Parliamentary Committee has recommended that the Canadian government revise Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) to clarify a number of key provisions, and that the government and its enforcement agencies... Read more