Bernard v. Canada (Attorney General), 2014 SCC 13 represents the end of a long struggle for Ms. Bernard, an employee of the Canadian revenue service who challenged — without counsel — her employer’s ability to send her personal contact details to a union. A decision ordering disclosure was ultimately upheld as reasonable and constitutional but […] Read more

Economical Mutual Insurance Company v. British Columbia (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2013 BCSC 903 is a very interesting case.An insurance company pulled up the credit score of an applicant who was applying for a renewal of his policy. The individual complained to the Information and Privacy Commissioner that he had not consented to the company […] Read more