Privacy
Outsourcing of data processing and storage. Identity theft. Internet publication. The threats to privacy in the digital age are many, as are recent changes to Canada’s federal and provincial privacy and access to information laws. The federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) imposes serious obligations on organizations collecting, using and disclosing “personal information” about customers or employees. Organizations challenged on their collection, use, disclosure or storage of this information are finding that “we’ve always done it that way” is no longer sufficient or appropriate.

The multidisciplinary national Privacy Group at Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC) has been part of this privacy legal landscape from the beginning. We counsel clients collecting personal information as part of a merger, companies outsourcing data storage, health care organizations, large employers developing privacy policies, and technology companies storing data. We also advise clients on access to information requests. We are consulted by our colleagues in Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities, Employment & Labour, Pensions, and Technology—our clients don’t have to go elsewhere for this advice. Our privacy lawyers are able to handle the full range of legal representation, from compliance to audit to investigations. We also provide training for our clients’ staff.

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Representative Work
Counsel to Industry Canada with respect to the Government of Canada's role as one of the lenders involved in Air Canada’s arrangements to raise $1.02 billion in additional liquidity through a series of financings and other transactions
Advising a health authority in inter provincial negotiations relating to the sharing of medical information
Representation of health authority in written privacy proceedings initiated by a media outlet
Defence of national health services provider in complaint under Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
Conduct of privacy audit, training of staff and drafting of privacy policies and procedures
Counsel on Federal Court applications for judicial review under the Access to Information Act
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