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Archives for September 2020

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Reduction of damages for failure to mitigate

Where an employee is found to have failed to mitigate their damages, their entitlement to damages may be significantly reduced. So what happens if an employee is too sick to look for new work? Does that count as a failure to mitigate?

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New guidance on zero trust architecture from NIST

New guidance on Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) is a fitting response to the current cybersecurity landscape. On August 11, 2020, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released SP 800-207, Zero Trust Architecture (SP 800-207).

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Proposed privacy changes to Ontario’s private sector

On August 13, 2020, the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services began seeking feedback from Ontarians in order to address the gaps in Ontario's legislative privacy framework and to establish comprehensive and current rules to protect privacy rights and increase confidence in digital services. The comments are due on October 1, 2020.

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