Hicks Morley has been ranked in Chambers Canada 2017 in the areas of Employment & Labour, Nationwide – Canada and Ontario and Pensions & Benefits, Nationwide – Canada. Stephen Shamie is commended for his ability to deal with sophisticated labour relations issues and is described as “knowledgeable and highly regarded.” Henry Dinsdale is regarded as a “go-to labour and employment lawyer” with extensive experience representing employers in collective bargaining and union certification matters…
Practice Area: Information, Data Security & Privacy
Federal Privacy Commissioner Uses Ashley Madison Incident to Promote Good Information Governance
Organizations subject to Canadian privacy law should be aware that the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (together with the Australian Information Commissioner) recently issued a report on the 2015 breach of the Ashley Madison website – a breach that affected nearly 35 million individuals who had used the online dating site for adults…
Top Listed in Best Lawyers® in Canada
Hicks Morley once again ranked #1 in Canada in the field of Labour and Employment Law in Best Lawyers® in Canada, 2017. Hicks Morley has more listed lawyers in the area of Labour and Employment Law than any other firm in Canada. Hicks Morley lawyers have also been listed in the Employee Benefits Law, the Privacy and Data Security Law and the Workers’ Compensation Law sections…
Ontario Passes Legislation to Reform Personal Health Information Privacy Laws
On May 18, 2016, significant legislative reforms to the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 (PHIPA) and Quality of Care Information Protection Act, 2004 (QCIPA)…
Federal Privacy Commissioner Weighs In Against Sharing Details of Employee Discipline
In a recently released decision summary, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) held that a bank acted properly in deciding not to tell the victim of unauthorized access precisely how it had punished its offending employee (Employee). The victim, the complainant in this case, was a neighbour of the Employee who happened…
Federal Government Consults on PIPEDA Data Breach Regulations
On March 4, 2016, the federal government posted Data Breach Notification and Reporting Regulations (Regulations) for public discussion. Amendments to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) enacted by the Digital Privacy Act (Bill S-4) will, upon proclamation, require private sector organizations to notify the public in circumstances where security safeguards involving their…
Court Recognizes New Privacy Tort: “Public Disclosure of Embarrassing Private Facts”
In a case that can only add to the risk of privacy claims faced by organizations, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently awarded damages based on the new tort of “public disclosure of embarrassing private facts.” In Doe 464533 v N.D., the Court awarded damages to a plaintiff whose former boyfriend coaxed her to…
Successfully argued before the Information and Privacy Commissioner on behalf of a school board that text message data created on employer-issued phones but stored on third party servers fell outside the custody and control of an institution under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Successfully argued before the Information and Privacy Commissioner on behalf of a school board that text message data created on employer issued phones but stored on third party servers fell outside the custody and control of an institution under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Successfully argued at a labour arbitration that a long-term care home’s discharge of an employee was for cause based on the employee’s comments on social media disparaging coworkers and breaching patient privacy.
Successfully argued at a labour arbitration that a long-term care home’s discharge of an employee was for cause based on the employee’s comments on social media disparaging coworkers and breaching patient privacy.
Successfully represented a university in judicial review proceedings to protect the integrating of information-sharing policies in a unionized academic setting.
Successfully represented a university in judicial review proceedings to protect the integrating of information-sharing policies in a unionized academic setting.