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Wednesday, 26 October 2016 14:42
New Police Investigatory Technique Raises Serious Privacy ConsiderationsWritten by Teresa Scassa
In a press release issued on October 26, 2016, the Ontario Provincial Police announced that they would be adopting a new investigative technique – one that relies on cellphone tracking of ordinary members of the public. The use of this new technique is being launched in the context of the investigation of an unsolved murder that took place in Ottawa in 2015. Police are searching for leads in the case. The OPP sought a Production…
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Tuesday, 20 September 2016 14:25
Privacy breach class action settlement offers some insightsWritten by Teresa Scassa
The Ontario Supreme Court of Justice has just approved the settlement of a class action law suit against Home Depot over a data privacy breach that took place in 2014. Both the settlement agreement and the decision by Justice Perell offer some interesting insights into privacy class actions in Canada. Between April 11, 2014 and September 13, 2014 Home Depot’s payment system was hacked by criminals who used malware to skim data from credit card…
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