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In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Bykovets, 2024 SCC 6, confirmed that Canadians' IP addresses are private, mandating law enforcement to obtain a search warrant for access, as well as setting a precedent ...

In a recent decision from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Plentyoffish Media Inc. was fined $48,000 for violating Canada's anti-spam legislation.

CASL prohibits parties from sending commercial electronic messages (including e-mails) unless the recipient of the message has given express consent or the message falls into one of the exceptions in CASL.

The CRTC has served the first-ever warrant under Canada's anti-spam law to take down a malware command-and-control server as part of a coordinated international effort.

The CRTC has served the first-ever warrant under Canada's anti-spam law to take down a malware command-and-control server as part of a coordinated international effort.

The vulnerability of information on digital platforms constitutes an unprecedented risk and the undermining of customer trust goes straight to the bottom line.

Most businesses eventually face an ungovernable litigant. Typically, this litigant launches endless frivolous proceedings and ties up legal resources.

In a digitized world, it can be all too easy for unauthorized employees to access confidential information in the workplace, as recent breaches at the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency and some Ontario hospitals have shown.

There were several important privacy developments in 2015 that may potentially impact organizations doing business in Canada in the year ahead and beyond.

This October, the Federal, Alberta, and British Columbia privacy commissioners released guidelines to help mobile application developers comply with Canada’s federal and provincial privacy laws.

Canada’s new anti-spam legislation comes into effect later this year, and it packs a punch – fines of up to $10 million per violation for companies and up to $1 million per violation for individuals.

On June 13, 2014 the Supreme Court of Canada decided that Canadians have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their online activities.

In 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada held that a reasonable expectation of privacy attached to the subscriber information associated with an Internal Protocol...

A recent decision from British Columbia has highlighted the uncertainty around the existence of the common law tort of invasion of privacy, at least in that province.

Negative comments or social media posts can have a significant impact on a person's career path, and understanding how to protect yourself is critical

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications (CRTC) has announced its third settlement for alleged violations of the anti-spam law...

Cyber criminals are parasitic, so the fact that they are using COVID-19 as a backdrop to increase their attacks should not be a surprise.