Find Lawyers in Vancouver, British Columbia for Privacy and Data Security Law
Practice Area Overview
Privacy and Data Security lawyers provide preventative compliance guidance, business transaction support, and regulatory, litigation, and dispute resolution advice across many different sectors. Preventative compliance guidance includes assessing compliance gaps in policies and procedures, creating information collection and use models, assessing legal requirements for security safeguards to protect data, conducting privacy impact assessments for new products and programs, and developing management compliance programs that meet or exceed industry standards and government requirements.
Privacy and Data Security lawyers also provide expert advice regarding privacy and data security issues during business transactions (mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing, secured lending, etc.), public-private partnerships, and inter-governmental sharing, including with respect to compliance due diligence, representations and warranties, indemnities, and limitations of liability. Practitioners assist in developing programs for the orderly and lawful transfer of data in connection with business transactions, partnerships and lawful sharing programs. As information travels across national boundaries, Privacy and Data Security lawyers provide guidance on data residency requirements, obligations when transferring information, and risk management. The practice involves negotiating data transfer provisions in larger scale commercial transactions and cloud services.
In addition, Privacy and Data Security lawyers are key advisors when breaches of security safeguards occur and in responding to complaints and regulatory investigations. Privacy and Data Security lawyers advise on mandatory breach reporting to regulators and individuals, manage privilege in forensic investigations, and provide representation during any subsequent regulatory investigations, complaints, and litigation.
Privacy and Data Security lawyers also assist clients in responding to law enforcement requests, data subject information access requests, freedom of information requests, as well as complaints, regulatory investigations, and court actions.
Practitioners ranked in this area have demonstrated expertise in understanding privacy law, regulator priorities, international developments, and industry best practices. These practitioners demonstrate business acumen by providing practical advice in an area that is constantly developing.
Paul Armitage is a partner in the firm's Vancouver office practising in the Intellectual Property and Technology Law Groups. His practice focuses on procurement, technology licensing, outsourcing, commercial contracts, privacy law, data security, cloud computing, e-commerce, and anti-spam and anti-spyware (CASL) compliance. Paul has extensive experience in the information technology, financial services, telecommunications, life sciences and health industries, as well as infrastructure and fac...
Keri is a partner at Roper Greyell where she provides strategic advice and representation to public and private sector clients in all areas of workplace law and leads the firm’s Freedom of Information and Privacy Law practice. Keri builds strong relationships with her clients and works collaboratively with them to navigate workplace and privacy law issues. She advises on implementation of privacy programs, information sharing, access to information and data breach prevention and respons...
Peter Brown is a regulatory and business law solicitor. He provides advice on a wide range of transactional and day-to-day business activities for commercial clients and financial institutions. Peter often acts in the role of General Corporate Counsel for his clients, advising on a comprehensive range of issues to help them succeed in accomplishing their business and organizational goals. In particular, Peter has extensive experience in working with credit unions, including providing advice o...
Janet Grove is the Canadian head of our life sciences and healthcare sector. Building on her experience and knowledge from years spent in corporate development and legal roles within industry, Janet helps clients in the technology and health sciences sectors – IT, health sciences, telecommunications and clean-tech. She is sought out for her expertise and business approach to structuring and negotiating both merger and acquisition transactions and complex commercial relationships to deve...
Suzanne has built a strong practice in access and privacy law. She advises both public and private sector employers on their responsibilities as they navigate the implications of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and other related legislation. Suzanne regularly provides one-on-one training to in-house privacy and access coordinators on respo...
Alexis Kerr uses her recent 12 years of experience (seven as general counsel) advising British Columbia's largest health authority, as well as her previous private practice experience as a commercial litigation and privacy lawyer, to provide practical, business-driven and results-oriented advice and assistance to clients in the healthcare industry and in all industries where privacy and data protection is an ongoing and ever-evolving challenge.In the healthcare space, Ms. Kerr advises health ...
Sara advises clients on all aspects of privacy and data protection, access to information, health research, the law related to pharmacy and other regulated health professions, and risk management. Her privacy practice includes advising on the privacy implications of service agreements, data sharing arrangements, consent requirements, employee privacy and surveillance. Sara has many years of experience conducting privacy assessments, developing and implementing policies, compliance programs an...
Jordan practises in all areas of labour and employment law with an emphasis on workplace privacy issues, litigation, labour advocacy, regulatory advice and leads the firm’s Freedom of Information and Privacy Law practice. He is a firm believer in immersing himself in his clients’ businesses to ensure a full understanding of their industries, requirements, and challenges. Jordan works with clients to identify practical and creative solutions to issues before they arise, and advocat...
Daniel is Associate Counsel with Harper Grey and is a member of our Defamation, Privacy & Media Law and Insurance Law Groups. Daniel maintains a broad defamation, privacy and insurance practice, with particular experience in online defamation, breach of privacy, and professional negligence cases. In his defamation and privacy practice, Daniel has successfully obtained orders compelling websites to turn over the identity of anonymous commentators, injunctions restraining publication and an...
Rachel Schechter has a broad privacy and cybersecurity-focused practice, with an emphasis on data governance, compliance, artificial intelligence, access to information, and related disputes. Rachel is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (Canada), and is recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada: Ones to Watch for her work in commercial litigation (2022-2024) and information technology law (2023-2024). Rachel advises public and private sector organizations with respect to privacy policies...
Mike has been a litigator and dispute resolution lawyer for over 20 years. He has been repeatedly recognized as a leading lawyer and litigation star by peer ranking services including Benchmark, Best Lawyers in Canada, and Lexpert. In 2018 he became a member of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation only fellowship of highly experienced lawyers across North America. Mike is a member of the firm’s Strategic Committee. For years Mike has lectured on professionalism and ethics in...
Karen R. Zimmer is the leader of Alexander Holburn’s Defamation + Publication Risk Management and Information + Privacy Practice Groups. She is also a member of the firm’s Appellant Advisory, Business Disputes, Class Actions, Health, Education, Local Government, and Charities + Non-Profit Practice Groups. Her practice is primarily focused on the following areas of litigation and compliance: libel and slander, privacy, society governance and litigation matters, and commercial litig...
Nathaniel is an Associate with Harper Grey and a member of our Health and Privacy Law Groups. In his privacy practice, Nathaniel assists professionals and private organizations in responding to privacy breaches and requests for personal information under the provincial Personal Information Protection Act and Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act , as well as the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act . He also helps organizations draft and implemen...
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