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By Occasional Contributors | 5 Minutes Read August 26, 2015

Cyber-insurance: What you need to know?

A question that I often get from clients is one about cyber-insurance. In light of the recent passing of Bill S-4, better known as the Digital Privacy Act, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Act has now been amended to include mandatory breach notification provisions. While these mandatory breach notification provisions are not yet in force, it is a good time to review your cyber-insurance coverage.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Privacy / Breach notification, commercial insurance, computer virus or malware, copyrighted material, Cyber and privacy insurance, cyber-insurance coverage, data breach incidents, defamation claims, Digital Privacy Act, forensic and investigative activities, insurance policies, liability for a data breach, mandatory breach notification provisions, mandatory breach reporting regimes, negative publicity, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Act, PIPEDA, policyholder, privacy law, products and services, Public relations services, Tech E&O” insurance, technology errors and omissions insurance, Third party policies, transfer the risk associated with informational security breaches

By Marcia Scheffler | 4 Minutes Read June 12, 2012

Summertime, social committees and corporate social responsibility

Summer weather is here and as a human resources manager or a front-line manager you may be asked to be responsible for coordinating social or charitable activities, such as the Heart & Stroke Foundation's Big Bike, the Canadian Cancer Society's Relay for Life teams, the summer strawberry social or an employee barbecue. How important is good management of social committees or charitable activities? What are the associated risks and rewards for an organization?

Article by Marcia Scheffler / Employee Relations / charitable activities, control over work, corporate social responsibility, CSR, employee empowerment, employee morale, employment law, ESG, inappropriate conduct, negative perception, negative publicity, social committee, social media, workplace events

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