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Ontario Gets A New Tort, For Now
The tort of “harassment in internet communications” has arrived in Ontario!
No Intrusion, No Seclusion: Employee Privacy Claim Fails
What happens when a court finds an employee has no chance of success in privacy claim against their employer?
Snow and Ice? No Notice, No Dice
Ontario has passed a Bill that will require written notice before a personal injury claim, caused by a slip and fall in snow or ice, can be made.
Snooping Will Cost You!
After a practicum student accessed personal health records of an ex-partner and his new girlfriend on numerous occasions, the Alberta Court ordered a fine of $6,000.00, along with community service.
Work-Home Balance: Privacy Edition
A man tells the privacy commissioner that his former spouse sent and downloaded private and confidential work documents to his email and personal home computer.
A Disciplinary Tale: Nurse Wrongly Accesses Patients’ Personal Info
In a recent Disciplinary decision by the College of Nurses in Ontario, a nurse was suspended from practicing for a year following numerous instances where she improperly accessed personal health information of patients
Don’t Panic! Plan. – Employers dealing with new termination clause invalidity
A recent Court of Appeal decision potentially invalidating termination clauses in contracts of employment represents an opportunity to plan for change and not to panic.
Extraterritorial Application of Insurance Act? ONCA is having None of It
Can Ontario’s Insurance Act compel an insurer, who does business in Ontario, to pay Ontario benefits under an auto policy issued in another jurisdiction, when the accident occurs in the other jurisdiction?
The “Data” Exclusion and the Duty to Defend
Silent cyber and the duty to defend. Insurers still struggling to exclude cyber and privacy coverage from liability policies.
Employee Surveillance: What’s “Reasonable”?
When does ensuring workplace safety and productivity become an unreasonable privacy violation?