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January 19, 2012

In this caseJones v. Tsige, 2012 ONCA 32, the plaintiff claimed that the defendant, her co-worker at a bank, had committed the tort of invasion of privacy by accessing and reviewing her personal banking records without authorization.  The Ontario Superior Court previously rejected this argument noting that, in light of the statutory scheme governing privacy, "this is not an area of law that requires 'judge-made' rights and obligations." 

 


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December 16, 2011

This AccessPrivacy Canadian Privacy Law Update includes brief updates about the following: 

  • Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta Guidelines for Social Media Background Checks   
  • Supreme Court of Canada decision in Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. Alberta Teachers' Association  
  • Public consultations on the Quebec Commission d'accès à l'information Five-Year Report
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December 6, 2011

On December 6, 2011, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released new Privacy and Online Behavioural Advertising Guidelines (the "Guidelines").
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November 29, 2011

This AccessPrivacy Canadian Privacy Law Update includes brief updates about the following: 
  • Supreme Court of Canada Refusal of Alberta Privacy Commissioner Leave to Appeal Leon's Decision
  • Jill Clayton Recommended as New Alberta Privacy Commissioner
  • Federal Government Guideline for External Use of Web 2.0
  • CRTC Report on the National DNCL
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November 29, 2011

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner’s (“Privacy Commissioner’s”) application for leave to appeal from the decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal in Leon’s Furniture Limited v Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner).  In a News Release, Commissioner Work is quoted as saying that the decision puts Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act “at odds with laws in other jurisdictions such as British Columbia and Canada.  It means that we are off side with the rest of Canada on the meaning of personal information, and that puts the people of Alberta at a disadvantage.
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