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By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 5 Minutes Read March 17, 2023

Facebook class action goes ahead

digital discriminationOn December 22, 2022, the Quebec Court of Appeal decided to allow a class action to proceed where there was an allegation that Facebook allowed for advertisers to discriminate against Quebec users on the prohibited grounds of age, race and gender in relation to advertising for employment and housing.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Business, Employee Relations, Human Rights, Information Technology / class action, Digital Advertising, digital discrimination, discrimination, employment law, facebook, facebook advertising, human rights, Job advertisement, prohibited grounds of discrimination, Quebec, Quebec Court of Appeal, targeted ads Leave a Comment

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 5 Minutes Read July 6, 2020

Quebec proposes privacy changes

We may expect to see a shift towards stronger, more protective privacy laws in the near future in the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, the Alberta PIPA and the British Columbia PIPA.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Employee Relations, Privacy / Alberta PIPA, BC PIPA, employment law, GDPR, personal information, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, privacy, Quebec, Quebec Bill 64, Quebec Private Sector Act

By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 3 Minutes Read November 24, 2017

Bill 141 – Proposed amendments to the Act respecting the Autorité des marchés financiers with regard to whistleblowing

Following the example of the Ontario Securities Commission, the Authority implemented a whistleblower program in June 2016. Contrary to Ontario, Quebec’s program does not give financial awards to whistleblowers, but it does guarantee a framework that ensures confidentiality and protects whistleblowers against reprisals. However, no legislative amendment guaranteeing these protections has been introduced until now.

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Business, Finance and Accounting, Privacy / Act respecting the Autorité des marchés financiers, anonimity for whistleblowers, financial rewards for whistleblowers, Quebec, whistleblower, whistleblower laws, whistleblowing

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