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Cybersecurity and privacy: key takeaways from our second annual conference

In October, Osler’s Montréal office hosted the firm’s second annual Privacy Conference, organized by the Privacy and Data Management team.

Video surveillance at work: key takeaways from Québec’s latest privacy decision

The decision is a reminder to employers to ensure that their monitoring systems have a minimal impact on employee privacy.

Québec introduces Bill 109 on discoverability of French-language content on digital platforms

Québec’s Bill 109 aims to boost French-language content on digital platforms with new quotas and interface rules.

Québec’s privacy regulator prohibits retailer’s use of facial recognition for loss prevention

On February 18, 2025, the Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec (the CAI) issued a decision prohibiting a major grocery and pharmacy...

Québec privacy commissioner continues to set high bar for biometric data processing: lessons for businesses

Québec privacy regulators continue enforcement action against companies that use facial recognition and other biometric identification technologies.

The Québec AMF’s new information security incident reporting regime: what financial institutions need to know

Québec’s financial regulatory agency published a new information security incident reporting regime, with obligations for certain financial...

Completing the Law 25 puzzle: insight into the right to data portability

Starting September 22, 2024, the final Law 25 amendments to the Act Respecting the Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector (the...