Avoiding SIEM’s Mistakes

Jun 20, 2024 | mondaq.com | Avoiding SIEM’s Mistakes |Samantha Spector |Caroline Jonnaert

On June 5, 2024, the Competition Bureau (the "Bureau") announced that they had come to an agreement with Sirius XM Canada, a Canadian broadcasting company which distributes the American satellite radio provider Sirius XM's services in Canada ("Sirius"), with respect to price representations and more specifically, "drip pricing".1 About drip pricing Drip pricing is a practice where a representation is made about a price, but this price is not actually correct because there are other fixed...

Jun 13, 2024 | mondaq.com | Privacy Law |Avoiding SIEM’s Mistakes |Melina Fazzari

In May 2023, the Ontario College of Pharmacists ("OCP") noted that it has been seeing an increase in the use of unsecured electronic methods by pharmacy professionals. These include communications with other pharmacists, healthcare professionals, and patients for purposes such as information gathering, the provision of care, consultations, education, and administrative tasks.

Jun 11, 2024 | mondaq.com | Privacy Law |Avoiding SIEM’s Mistakes |Julie Uzan-Naulin |William Deneault-Rouillard

This bulletin is an update of the one published on March 11, 2024 and aims to to analyze the Regulation respecting the anonymization of personal information published on May 15, 2024, using a comparative law approach. It is divided into four main themes: the concept of anonymization, the anonymization procedure under the regulation, European law, and the associated sanctions.

Jun 11, 2024 | mondaq.com | Privacy Law |Avoiding SIEM’s Mistakes |Trisha Sircar

On May 24, 2024, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) issued new guidance relating to data breach reporting for federal institutions and businesses. The OPC has launched a new online breach reporting form for federal institutions subject to the Privacy Act and has also updated its online breach reporting form for businesses subject to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

Jun 11, 2024 | mondaq.com | Privacy Law |Avoiding SIEM’s Mistakes

A recent decision of the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal (the "Tribunal") emphasizes that a physician must not access a patient's personal health information if they are not in the patient's circle of care. Such unauthorized access is a breach of patient privacy that can constitute professional misconduct and can lead to a suspension. In a recent case, a radiologist was found to have accessed 20 patient records without consent.