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U.S. authorities release guidance on potential sanction violations for facilitating ransomware payments

Increasingly, companies may find themselves at the mercy of cyber-pirates and other hackers who, through improper means, seize control of information...

Canadian Federal Privacy Law Reform: Regulatory, Litigation and Financial Risks under the Proposed New Private Sector Privacy Statute – the Consumer Privacy Protection Act

Please join us on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, for a virtual “Lunch and Learn” with Adam Kardash, Partner and Chair of Osler’s National Privacy...

A year featuring a flurry of Canadian privacy legislative reform

Over the course of 2020, there was a flurry of legislative reform activity in the Canadian privacy arena.

Canadian Federal Privacy Law Reform: Initial Commentary and Insights

The Federal government has released a Bill proposing significant change to the national framework for the protection of personal information in Canada

Data breaches and law reform capture international attention in 2019

Organizations faced a continuing crescendo of complex privacy and data governance issues through 2019, making it another highly eventful year in...

Canadian Anonymization Network launched

CANON is an informal network, comprised of data custodians from across private, public and health sectors, whose primary purpose is to promote...

Privacy stakes higher than ever in 2018 for regulators, businesses and citizen

Major data breaches the world over have caught the attention of boards of directors. Boards are becoming increasingly seized with these issues and...

Privacy a primary concern in 2017

Sophisticated cybersecurity threats, high-profile data incidents, and an explosion in the volume of data analytics initiatives have resulted in...

Consumer data: Lessons learned from the security incident trenches

All businesses that collect and maintain consumer data are facing a rapidly evolving and sophisticated array of security threats to their data...