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Ontario has recently enacted a regulation under PHIPA (Personal Health Information Protection Act) with more notification requirements for “health information custodians”. (O.Reg 224/17 was published June 29, 2017). The regulation comes into force on October 1, 2017.

The new regulation provides guidance on the circumstances in which a health information custodian is required to notify the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the theft, loss or unauthorized use or disclosure of personal health information.  The notice requirement arises ...

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) released its first compliance decision under Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) today: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2016/2016-428.htm

Blackstone Learning Corp., a small business providing education and training services was fined a penalty of $50,000 for sending over 385,000 commercial electronic messages (CEMs) without consent in 9 messaging campaigns between July and September, 2014.  If you are a Canadian business and send emails or other electronic messages you may wish to consider your processes for compliance with CASL.

On July 27, 2016 the Canadian Radio-Television & Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) published guidance on the types of records it will be looking for to prove compliance with Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) in any enforcement action.  The Enforcement Advisory can be found at http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=1104989

The CRTC recommends that anyone sending commercial electronic messages keep the following physical or electronic documents, in a manner that may be promptly retrieved: (a) express consents and evidence of implied consents, (b) policies and procedures regarding ...

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I just presented a seminar on some of the legal issues those who may be interested in starting an educational, coaching or counseling business in Ontario may wish to consider (as of June 12, 2016). Feel free to contact me if you would like more information. Eve

Have you noticed or felt that there are shifts going on all around us?  Many people are facing personal challenges, and others are creating their dreams.  Time feels elastic where one moment it feels like it is accelerating, and the next moment it seems to move in … slow … motion.

This is a time of Chaos.

People seem stressed, are not sleeping, and traffic is erratic. The global situation is crazy.  It reminds me of moving house, where everything is out ...

In Bhasin v. Hrynew, 2014 SCC 71, a judgment released on November 13, 2014 (by the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) which is Canada’s highest court and legal authority) the requirement for parties to perform their obligations honestly and in good faith was recognized in Canada.

Initially it seems somewhat bizarre that the SCC has had to recognize a new duty to perform contractual obligations honestly.  One might have hoped that when parties enter into an “agreement”, they do so with ...