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On August 11, 2025, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada ("OPC") issued two sets of guidance for processing of individual's biometric data: one for federal institutions and one for private businesses. Below we...more
En 2023, une cyberattaque d’envergure a exposé les données génétiques personnelles de millions d’utilisateurs de 23andMe, une société américaine offrant des services d’analyse du code génétique aux particuliers, poussant les...more
In an era where digital threats are more sophisticated than ever, cybersecurity has become a pressing concern for family enterprises. These businesses are attractive targets for cyberattacks and need to balance the critical...more
On April 23, 2025, Quebec’s Regulation respecting the management and reporting of information security incidents by certain financial institutions and by credit assessment agents (Regulation) will come into force. Issued by...more
Asking the right questions within your organization is key to effectively managing cyber risk. Here are 10 questions that you should ask your team...more
The tightening of privacy and data protection compliance obligations in Canada and the United States, has led to increasingly comprehensive “data security and privacy” representations and warranties in purchase agreements, as...more
From a rise in attacks on smaller businesses to new regulations and the growing role of AI, cybersecurity continues to evolve. In this episode, Blakes lawyers Sunny Handa, Liliane Langevin, Christopher DiMatteo and Cathy...more
Le 22 septembre 2024, un nouveau droit individuel à la portabilité des données est entré en vigueur en vertu de la législation québécoise sur la protection de la vie privée applicable dans le secteur privé, soit la Loi sur la...more
On September 22, 2024, a new individual right to data portability came into force under Quebec’s privacy legislation applicable in the private sector (the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private...more
The review of Alberta's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) currently underway by the Alberta Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship (the Committee) continues, with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada recently...more
In a pair of decisions released on July 5, 2024, the B.C. Court of Appeal found that an alleged reckless failure to safeguard personal information may be sufficient to make out Privacy Act claims of "wilful violation" of...more
Le 1er juillet 2024, la plupart des dispositions de la loi québécoise intitulée Loi sur les renseignements de santé et de services sociaux et modifiant diverses dispositions législatives (la « Loi ») sont entrées en vigueur,...more
On July 1, 2024, most of the provisions of Quebec’s Act respecting health and social services information and amending various legislative provisions (Act) entered into force, along with two related regulations. The Act...more
Le 13 mai 2024, le gouvernement de l’Ontario (le « gouvernement ») a déposé le projet de loi 194, Loi de 2024 visant à renforcer la cybersécurité et la confiance dans le secteur public (le « projet de loi 194 »). S’il est...more
Tanya Janca, also known as SheHacksPurple, is the head of community and education at Semgrep and the best-selling author of Alice and Bob Learn Application Security. With more than 25 years of experience in coding,...more
Le 15 mai 2024, le gouvernement du Québec a publié la version définitive du Règlement sur l’anonymisation des renseignements personnels (le « Règlement sur l’anonymisation »), qui établit les exigences auxquelles les...more
On May 13, 2024, the Government of Ontario introduced Bill 194, the Strengthening Cyber Security and Building Trust in the Public Sector Act, 2024 (Bill 194), which, if passed, will significantly reform the Freedom of...more
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
Le 1er février 2024, le Comité permanent de la sécurité publique et nationale (le « comité ») a commencé son examen du projet de loi C-26 : Loi concernant la cybersécurité, modifiant la Loi sur les télécommunications et...more
On February 1, 2024, the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (Committee) began its study of Bill C-26, An Act respecting cyber security, amending the Telecommunications Act and making consequential...more
L’année 2023 a été marquée par d’importants changements dans le droit canadien de la protection de la vie privée et des données. Comme nous l’avons fait les années précédentes, nous soulignons la Journée de la protection des...more
2023 was a year of significant change for Canadian privacy and data protection law. As in previous years, to mark Data Privacy Day, we’ve summarized the most important developments from the previous year and provide a look...more
Les atteintes à la protection des données étant toujours à la hausse, les sociétés se retrouvent souvent à la croisée des chemins entre les innovations technologiques et les risques juridiques. Approfondissez vos...more
Rising data breaches put companies at the crossroads of tech innovation and legal risk. Dive into Canada's cybersecurity litigation landscape with these five top trends from our Canadian Cybersecurity Trends Study....more
On September 26, 2023, the House of Common's Standing Committee on Industry and Technology (the Standing Committee) embarked on a comprehensive examination of Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act. If passed, this...more