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Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, Ph.D.

About Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, Ph.D.

Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD, was called to the Ontario Bar in 2002 and has since been a member of the Law Society of Ontario. Christina worked as an editor with First Reference between 2005 and 2015 working on publications including The Human Resources Advisor (Ontario, Western and Atlantic editions), HRinfodesk, and First Reference Talks blog discussing topics in Canadian Labour and Employment Law. Christina obtained her Professional LLM Specializing in Labour Relations and Employment Law from Osgoode Hall Law School of York University in 2013, and recently earned her PhD in Law at the University of Western Ontario on October 23, 2020 in the area of privacy in the workplace.

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Working from home report: productivity

On April 1, 2021, Statistics Canada released a report regarding working from home and worker productivity. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the significant increase in telework that has taken place since mid-March 2020, the report focused on questions involving the extent of productivity, barriers to productivity, and preferences concerning post-pandemic work.

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Joint investigation of Clearview AI

On February 3, 2021, the conclusions of a joint investigation conducted by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec (QC Commission), the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia (BC OIPC) and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta (AB OIPC), collectively referred to as the Offices, were released—finding that Clearview AI violated the privacy rights of Canadians.

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Lessons learned: largest data breach

On December 14, 2020, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Daniel Therrien, issued a statement regarding the recent data breach at Desjardins. The statement involved the investigation conducted under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) concerning the largest ever data breach in Canada’s financial services sector. Plainly put, the investigation revealed that Desjardins did not demonstrate the appropriate level of attention required to protect the sensitive personal information entrusted to its care.

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