Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 72 - Cultural Roots, Belonging, and the Fear of Change: What’s Next for Inclusion?
Daily Compliance News: June 24, 2025, The Questions, Questions, and More Questions Edition
Hot Topics in International Trade - Tariff Mitigation Strategies
Everything Compliance, Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 151, The What is Illegal DEI Edition
Adapting to Tariffs and Other Trade Policy Shifts Under the Trump Administration
A Brief Primer on Tariffs Under the Trump Administration
Protect, Prepare, Prevail: Navigating a Complex Cybersecurity World
Private M&A 2024: Key Trends and Forecasts
Patent Considerations in View of the Nearshoring Trends to the Americas
Examining E-Discovery in Competition Law
No Password Required: Education Lead at Semgrep and Former Czar for Canada’s Election Security
Shifting Dynamics in Private Equity
4 Key Takeaways | Major U.S. Supreme Court Trademark & Copyright Decisions
Hidden Traffic : New Human Trafficking and Child Labor Regulation in Canada with Sean Stephenson
[Podcast] Catching Up on Canadian Environmental Regulation
[Podcast] USMCA in Review, with C.J. Mahoney, Former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Episode 4 - USMCA and the trade relationship between the U.S.A, Mexico, & China
Five Questions, Five Answers: Electric Mobility Canada on Its Promises for a Cleaner Economy
Five Questions, Five Answers: The Voice of Canadian Automotive Parts Manufacturers
The Great Green North: A Discussion on Canada’s Environmental Regulations
Don’t miss this complimentary webinar spotlighting the five most pressing regulatory developments reshaping compliance in Canada’s financial sector. From board-level liability, to shifting enforcement priorities, get up to...more
Voici l’édition de l’été 2025 de l’infolettre Gouvernail des données de Blakes, une publication du groupe Protection de la vie privée et des données de Blakes. Cette infolettre a pour but d’effectuer un survol des...more
On June 11, 2025, two new pieces of legislation in Alberta came into effect: (1) the Protection of Privacy Act; and (2) the Access to Information Act. Both pieces of legislation are expected to significantly impact...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
As in previous years, our team marks Data Privacy Week with a summary of important privacy developments in Canada in 2024 and highlights what a busy electoral year could mean for Canadian privacy law in 2025....more
Les cybermenaces se multiplient et évoluent sans cesse, ce qui oblige les organisations à maintenir leur résilience opérationnelle et à protéger leurs actifs clés, comme leurs infrastructures critiques et leurs données...more
On December 4, 2024, the Legislative Assembly of Alberta passed two bills that will repeal and replace the province’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP Act). The new legislation separates the...more
Cybersecurity threats continue to grow and evolve, increasing pressure on organizations to maintain operational resilience and protect their key assets, such as critical infrastructure and sensitive data. As cyberattacks...more
On November 6, 2024, the Alberta government introduced Bill C-33 and Bill C-34 which aim to replace the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act with: (1) the Protection of Privacy Act; and (2) the Access to...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
As of September 22, 2024, the final provision of Law 25, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information will take effect, establishing a new right to data portability for...more
On September 22, 2024, the fourth wave of amendments to Québec’s Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector(“Act”) will take effect. Arguably, the most important change it will introduce is...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 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
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
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (the OPC) published two new resolutions which aim to protect the privacy of employees and young people, on 6 October 2023. The resolutions follow concerns of privacy federal,...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
Le 22 septembre 2023, des modifications apportées à des lois québécoises sur la protection des renseignements personnels dans les secteurs public et privé sont entrées en vigueur du fait de l’adoption de la Loi 25, Loi...more
On September 22, 2023, several amendments to Quebec’s public and private sector privacy laws came into force as a result of Law 25, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information...more
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada and other international data protection authorities recently issued a joint statement urging websites and social media platforms to do more to protect personal information from unlawful data...more