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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Digital Identity Verification Best Practices for Canadian Financial Services

Many financial services businesses are subject to legal or regulatory obligations that require them to verify the identity of their customers. Although innovative technological tools, including those using artificial...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Recent Biometrics Decisions from Québec’s Data Protection Authority: Five Key Takeaways

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Two recent decisions by Québec’s data protection authority, the Commission d’accès à l’information (the “CAI”), should serve as cautionary tales for any business contemplating the deployment of biometric information...more

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Québec’s Restrictive Approach to Biometric Data Poses Challenges for Businesses Working on Security Projects

The recent decision by the Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec (CAI) regarding a popular grocer’s biometric data project in Quebec has far-reaching implications for other businesses considering or currently using...more

International Lawyers Network

Data Privacy Guide - Canada

Introduction - As a federal state with law-making powers shared between federal and provincial/territorial governments, Canada has both federal and provincial/territorial privacy laws that govern the private and public...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Top 5 Misconceptions about Québec’s New Personal Information Protection Legislation (UPDATED)

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With the first wave of amendments to Québec’s personal information protection legislation (“Law 25”) taking effect on September 22, 2022, we thought we would share the top 5 misconceptions we have encountered when discussing...more

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Quebec Adopts New Law to Modernize Personal Information Protection

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Bill 64 largely tracks with already existing privacy regulations in other jurisdictions and will take effect over the course of the next three years, with some provisions taking effect in September 2022. On September 21...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Privacy Commissioners Issue Report on Clearview AI's Facial Recognition Tool

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The use of a facial recognition tool by Clearview AI, Inc. was the subject of an investigation by the privacy commissioners of Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec and their federal counterpart. In their jointly published...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Canada’s PIPEDA Consent Guidelines Now In Effect

Canada’s new guidelines for obtaining consent under PIPEDA are now in effect. Last year federal Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the Alberta and British Columbia Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioner...more

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