Biometrics Class Actions Intrusion upon Seclusion Litigation Privacy BC Court of Appeal determines no basis in fact that Cadillac Fairview processed personal information By Luca Lucarini and Mitch Bringeland
Digital Platforms Litigation Privacy Alberta court cautions tech companies to accept grants of administration allowing estate administrators control over digital estate assets By Mitch Bringeland
BC PIPA Legislation Litigation BC Court of Appeal affirms extraterritorial reach of BC privacy law By Kirsten Thompson and Rachel Macklin
Biometrics Class Actions Intrusion upon Seclusion Litigation Technology L’action collective proposée contre Cadillac Fairview pour l’utilisation alléguée d’un logiciel de « reconnaissance faciale » est rejetée intégralement By Kirsten Thompson, Mark Evans, Emma Irving, and Luca Lucarini
Biometrics Class Actions Intrusion upon Seclusion Litigation Technology Proposed class action against Cadillac Fairview for alleged use of “facial recognition” software fails in its entirety By Kirsten Thompson, Mark Evans, Emma Irving, and Luca Lucarini
AB PIPA Charter Rights Data scraping Litigation Privacy Reasonableness Report of Findings Alberta privacy law provisions limiting scope of “publicly available” information declared unconstitutional By Kirsten Thompson and Luca Lucarini
Consent Litigation Privacy Report of Findings Federal Court to determine whether third party consents violate PIPEDA By Emma Irving
Artificial Intelligence Litigation Technology Airline ordered to compensate a B.C. man because its chatbot provided inaccurate information By Kirsten Thompson
Class Actions Litigation Rogue employees Vicarious liability for an employee’s privacy violation: the BC Court of Appeal chimes in By Kelly Osaka and Melika Mostowfi
Class Actions Litigation Rogue employees BC court finds employer’s “structural environment” sufficient to ground vicarious liability claim for privacy violations By Melika Mostowfi
Class Actions Intrusion upon Seclusion Litigation Privacy Privacy Torts Ontario Court of Appeal holds no intrusion upon seclusion for third-party data breaches in a trio of decisions By Chloe Snider and Luca Lucarini
Class Actions Intrusion upon Seclusion Litigation Privacy Changing tides for the use of intrusion upon seclusion in data breach class action By Chloe Snider and Hala Abdul Ghani
