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COVID-19 – Managing privacy and cyber issues

Privacy laws require that personal information is at all times protected by appropriate security safeguards, and this requirement will continue to apply in connection with COVID-19 work-from-home arrangements

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Substantial damages awarded for defamatory social media posts

The recent decision of Rook v. Halcrow, 2019 BCSC 2253 continues to underscore that social media posts are public domain and that serious censure can follow defamatory social media posts. It appears that courts are perhaps increasingly willing to award very serious damages for particularly malicious social media posts.

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