Risks to privacy and data protection grow as businesses adopt new technologies to gather and manipulate information, and as consumers demand seamless access to it. Custodians of sensitive data are held to ever-rising standards of care as regulations are reinterpreted and redefined in a race with technology.
Clients in the public and private sectors and across a range of industries look to BLG’s national Privacy and Data Protection Group for its multi-jurisdictional perspective and unsurpassed insight into the legal, practical and ethical issues relating to the protection of personal information in Canada.
Our Group provides advice on every aspect of privacy and data protection, from the collection and management of information, to crisis management in the event of a breach, and representation in privacy-related inquiries and litigation, including class actions.
BLG’s lawyers ensure that clients have a full understanding of compliance-related risks so that they can make informed decisions.
Members of the Group include some of Canada’s foremost lawyers on privacy and access to information law. Beyond just understanding the law, our lawyers help shape the privacy and cybersecurity landscape in Canada, testifying at standing committees, advising on the drafting of legislation and appearing before the Supreme Court of Canada. With practitioners at the forefront of regulatory developments, BLG provides advice that anticipates future trends across a wide range of industry sectors, including health, financial services and insurance, retail, telecommunications and technology.