Privacylawyer - Canadian privacy and technology law with David Fraser
Award-winning info about Canadian privacy and tech law from Canadian privacy lawyer David Fraser. Seriously, I won a Canadian Law Blog Award (Clawbie!) in 2023 for the YouTube version of this channel.
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In this episode, David Fraser, PrivacyLawyer, unpacks the recent Ontario Divisional Court decision in Hospital for Sick Children v. Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. The case arose from ransomware attacks that temporarily encrypted servers at SickKids and the Halton Children’s Aid Society. No evidence suggested that hackers viewed, copied, or exfiltrated personal information—yet the Information and Privacy Commission...
The law — and the practical realities — of recording conversations in Canada. From AI wearables like the Bee that promise “always-on” memory assistance, to built-in recording and transcription on Zoom and Teams, to employees secretly recording meetings, the legal framework hasn’t really changed: one-party consent under the Criminal Code means you can record if you’re part of the conversation and your purposes are 100% personal. But...
In August 2025, Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner issued a revised finding against the University of Waterloo for a privacy breach involving “smart” vending machines that secretly used biometric face detection technology. Students discovered the issue when an error message revealed the machines were running FacialRecognition.App.exe.
In this video, privacy lawyer David Fraser explains the Commissioner’s decision, wh...
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Disclaimer: This is intended for education and information only and should not be taken as legal advice. If you need advice for your particular situation, you should seek out qualified couns...
This video delves into the idea of warrant canaries—a transparency tool used by tech companies to signal when they’ve received secret government surveillance orders. With Canada’s new Strong Borders Act (Bill C-2) giving the Minister of Public Safety power to secretly compel electronic service providers to alter their systems for surveillance, companies operating in Canada may want to consider these. I explain what a warrant canary...
As other countries like the UK and Australia are joining conservative US states in implementing "age verification" under the rallying cry of "protecting the children", a Canadian Senator is determined to see it come to fruition for Canada, We had a very close call last year with this being passed, so you should know what's brewing in Parliament.
Here's my video on the previous version of this bill, Bill S-210: https://youtu.be/...
The Charter Statement can be found here: https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/pl/charter-charte/c2_2.html
Where you can find me
► Privacylawyer blog: https://blog.privacylawyer.ca
► My law firm: https://www.mcinnescooper.com/people/david-fraser
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/privacylawyer
► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidtsfraser
Disclaimer: This is intended for education and information only and should not...
Bill C-2, the so-called Strong Borders bill is a Trojan horse that contains a new law that allows the government to order backdoors in the communications infrastructure you use every day. The government can issue secret orders and service providers are prohibited by law from disclosing vulnerabilities that bad guys could be using to illicitly access data. This is the part of the "border bill" you haven't heard enough about.
The newly elected Canadian government has introduced a bill in Parliament that addresses a whole bunch of concerns raised by the Trump government about the Canada-US border. But buried in the Bill are a whole bunch of measures that Canadian police have been clamoring for as the Supreme Court of Canada have swatted down efforts to get warrantless access to information about internet users. Here are my thoughts on Part 14 of the Bil...
In Clearview AI Inc v Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2025 ABKB 287, the Alberta Court of King's Bench determined that Alberta's privacy law violates the guarantee of freedom of expression in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This has implications for ALL Canadian private sector privacy laws.
The Alberta Court of Kings Bench Decision is here: https://canlii.ca/t/kc1r5
The recent case of R v Khairullah, 2025 ABCJ 14, found that the "know your customer" requirements for scrap metal dealers in Alberta violates Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Court determined that requiring scrap metal dealers to collect and record personal information of sellers, and then provide it to a police-accessible database, makes the dealers agents of the state conducting unreasonable searches....
My previous related videos:
► Recording the police in public in Canada
► Do photography/videography bans in police stations and "public" buildings violate the Charter?
► Taking photos and recording videos in public places for personal purposes
Where you can find me
► Privacylawyer blog: https://blog.privacylawyer.ca
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