In case you missed it, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ("OECD") released the revised Guidelines Governing the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data (the "OECD Privacy Guidelines") last month.

The issue of sharing between personal and professional email accounts is particularly acute in the public sector where such sharing may have the effect of undermining record-keeping obligations and the public's rights to access government information.

The Article 29 Working Party issued a report to the European Commission regarding an application by Québec for status as a jurisdiction providing an adequate level of personal data protection.

Earlier this month, the Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner, Jill Clayton, published the second instalment of her submissions with respect to the review of the Alberta Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

The scourge of online defamation poses enforcement challenges for victims, so much so that there may be a temptation to begin looking for gatekeepers.

The House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics has recently tabled its Report, entitled "Privacy and Social Media in the Age of Big Data".

Earlier this year, I reported that the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada was participating in the first ever Internet sweep by the Global Privacy Enforcement Network.

Earlier this year, McKesson Canada Corporation appealed the decision of the Tax Court of Canada in McKesson Canada Corporation v. The Queen.

A Canada Revenue Agency audit initiative is targeting taxpayers who have recently sold condominium units they did not occupy or occupied for only a short period of time.

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed the appeal of the taxpayer and determined that the tax advisor penalty in section 163.2 of the Income Tax Act is administrative in nature.

In Rizak v. M.N.R., the Tax Court of Canada considered this question and determined, on the facts, that a graduate student performing research at the University of British Columbia was an employee for the purposes of the Employment Insurance Act.

Managers of foreign financial institutions (“FFIs”) operating in China have experienced the impact of significant tax reforms.

Associate Chief Justice Eugene Rossiter has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of the Tax Court of Canada. Justice Rossiter replaces current Chief Justice Gerald Rip, who has elected to become a Supernumerary Judge of the Tax Court.

Canada's Anti-Spam Law enters into force on Canada Day, July 1. It was passed in 2010 as a "made-in-Canada" solution to "drive spammers out of Canada".

An Alberta employer has been sentenced to a fine of $80,000 plus the 15% victim fine surcharge following a workplace incident which occurred in 2011 at its distribution center.

In a bizarre case, a backhoe operator has been convicted of assault under the Criminal Code after he tried, in a fit of rage, to throw a co-worker off the backhoe by rotating the machine four full rotations while the worker held on to a railing as his feet were flying free of the machine.

A discussion on a case where the Occupational Health and Safety Act charges against the architect and engineer were previously dismissed for limitations reasons but that decision is under appeal.

A contractor has been convicted and fined for carrying on an electrical contracting business without being licensed under the Ontario Electricity Act.

A widely-reported fire at a Kingston construction site that required the evacuation of a crane operator by helicopter, has resulted in fines against the owner of the company that supplied the crane operator.

Several jurisdictions around the world permit claims for what is known as "constructive dismissal" or "constructive discharge".