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By Occasional Contributors | 5 Minutes Read April 9, 2020

Website cookies in Canada: is consent required?

Website cookies are small files sent by websites to users’ computers, usually without knowledge or specific consent. Cookies can be used to personalize a website, remember users’ preferences, and retain products in electronic shopping carts. A bigger concern for regulators is that cookies can also be used to track online behaviour, activities and interests, and can be accessible by third parties.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Privacy / Breach of privacy, CASL, cookies, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, privacy law, website cookies

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 3 Minutes Read September 6, 2017

Privacy information: Cookieless identification and tracking of devices

On August 21, 2017, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released an informative piece regarding cookieless identification and tracking of devices.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Employee Relations, Privacy / canvas fingerprinting, Cookieless identification, cookieless tracking, cookies, employment law, fingerprinting, information technology, Internet Protocol, IP address, Privacy Commissioner of Canada, privacy law, privacy policies, privacy policy, tracking of devices, Virtual Private Network VPN, web browser, Web browsing activities, website, work computer

By Occasional Contributors | 3 Minutes Read December 23, 2014

CASL “take 2”: New provisions coming for January 2015

Author: Xavier Beauchamp-Tremblay, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
The entry into force of the first group of provisions of Canada’s anti-spam act [1] (CASL) on July 1, 2014, (the Spam Provisions) generated considerable attention. Now that businesses have (hopefully) determined and deployed their compliance strategy for the Spam Provisions, another set of articles from CASL is about to come into force on January 15, 2015. These provisions will prohibit the installation of computer programs on another person’s computer absent express consent.
The government’s communications regarding the new set of provisions rightly focus on the fact that its immediate objective is to fight malware and viruses and, as such, most businesses would not feel immediately preoccupied (or at least concerned) by the new provisions. However, the drafting of the provisions is very broad and could apply to numerous “legitimate” businesses. This is not unlike the Spam Provisions, which had a much … Continue reading “CASL “take 2”: New provisions coming for January 2015”

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