Canadian financial institutions – including banks, credit unions, insurance companies and securities/investment firms – face an increasingly complex regulatory web. Regulators in Canada and globally are imposing increased pressure on financial institutions to assess, monitor and mitigate regulatory and operational risks.
Tag: Privacy
HRPA 2019 LegalEase Conference: Welcome Our Robot Overlords: AI, Technology, and Employment Law
The digital age has transformed human resources. Technology can enable greater consistency in employee management and ensure that decisions are backed by data and precedent. Employers have access to more information than ever, but also face potential risks when using technology to analyze employees. Employers also face privacy and security issues when using AI, big data, and predictive analytics. Join us for a discussion of the employment law considerations on the use of technology in HR.
Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA) Webinar: Cybersecurity Defence, Response and Litigation
Overview To better understand strategic considerations and challenges and to gain insights as to how to navigate your obligations and implement practical measures to ensure compliance, our panelists will explore key data security and privacy issues including: Protection – policies and practices to prevent cybersecurity and privacy incidents Response – how to respond to minimize…
Successfully argued that an employer’s use of personal data in a legal proceeding was not a breach of existing privacy law.
Successfully argued that an employer’s use of personal data in a legal proceeding was not a breach of existing privacy law.
Osgoode Professional Development Certificate in Regulatory Compliance and Legal Risk Management for Financial Institutions
Overview Privacy and anti-spam compliance.
The Association of Canadian Pension Management Ontario Regional Event
Overview What is Your Privacy and Cybersecurity Electronic Quotient (EQ)? Moderated by Stephanie J. Kalinowski.
Shivani Chopra and Daniel Michaluk Featured in Two Benefits and Pensions Monitor Daily News Alerts
Benefits and Pensions Monitor has mentioned Hicks Morley lawyers in two daily news alerts on June 21, 2018…
Daniel Michaluk Quoted in The Lawyer’s Daily on Ottawa Releasing Proposed Regulations on Data Breach Notifications
The Lawyer’s Daily quoted Hicks Morley’s Daniel Michaluk in a September 14, 2017 article titled “Ottawa releases proposed regulations on data breach notifications.” The article explores how private sector organizations following federal privacy law will have to provide breach notifications to customers and the privacy commissioner where it is reasonable to believe that the breach creates a “real risk of significant harm”.
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…
Daniel Michaluk Quoted by The Lawyers Weekly on Possible Changes to PIPEDA
Daniel Michaluk was quoted in the August 26, 2016 issue of The Lawyers Weekly. The article, “Privacy body eyes consent law, mulls changes,” details the issues the consent model has under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, after the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada published a consultation paper that examines its practicality in today’s world of cloud computing, data analytics and the Internet of Things…