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Rachel St. John

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Biography

Rachel St. John is a member of Heenan Blaikie’s National Privacy and Information Management group.
 
Rachel advises clients on a broad range of privacy, data security, information management matters, including information security breach response; cross-border data transfers; online and mobile marketing; behavioral tracking; employee monitoring and internal investigations; payment card systems; outsourcing transactions; health information privacy; data governance; and strategic management of information assets.As well, Rachel drafts and negotiates contractual agreements concerning information security and develops policies, procedures and training programs. She also counsels on compliance with federal, provincial and international privacy requirements, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA).
 
Rachel joined Heenan Blaikie in September 2010.
 
Education
B.C.L./LL.B., McGill University, 2007
B.A. (Honours), Mount Allison University, 2003
Japanese Studies Certificate, Kwansei Gakuin University, 2002
 
Professional Affiliations
Canadian Bar Association
International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
New York State Bar Association
The Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario)
 
Publications and Conferences

Co-Author, "Draft anti-spam regulations pose challenges", The Lawyers Weekly, Volume 31, No. 20, September 30, 2011. 

Co-Author, “Canada's Anti-Spam Regulations Released for Comment”, Heenan Blaikie’s IP Advocate, July, 2011. 

Co-Author, "Privacy Commissioner Calls for Enhanced Enforcement Powers", The Lawyers Weekly, Volume 3, No. 5, June 3, 2011.  

Co-Author, “PIPEDA Case Law Update: Federal Court Issues a Landmark Decision on Damages; Ontario Court of Appeal Deals with the Issue of Disclosure of Mortgage Information to a Third Party Creditor”, Eye on Privacy, OBA Privacy Law Section Newsletter, Volume 11, No. 1, February, 2011

Guest Lecturer, "Privacy and Information Security", Columbia University, April 26, 2010.

Guest Lecturer, "Privacy and Information Security", Columbia University, December 7, 2009.
 
Guest Lecturer, "Into the Breach : A Legal Perspective on Data Security Incident Response", John Jay College of Criminal Justice Center for Cybercrime Studies and Center for Business Preparedness, November 23, 2009.
 
Speaker, "Federal Breach Notification", IAPP Privacy Academy, September 8, 2009.
 
Speaker, "Data Breach: Where Are We? Whre Are We Going?", Annual ACM Northeast Digital Forensics Exchange, July 21, 2009.
 
Co-author, "The Boucher Bill: Shaping the Privacy Landscape in the U.S.", Data Protection Law and Policy, Vol. 7:6. June 17, 2009.
 
Co-author, "Nevada updates encryption law and mandates PCI DSS compliance", Lexology/ACC Newsstand. June 17, 2009.
 
Contributing author, "European Union Data Protection", in Data Security and Privacy Law: Combating Cyberthreats. Cronin/Weikers (2008).

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