Find Lawyers in Toronto, Ontario 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.
Imran Ahmad is a senior partner and the Canadian head of technology and Canadian co-head of cybersecurity and data privacy. He is based in our Toronto and Montreal offices and is recognized as a leading cybersecurity and privacy lawyer by several legal directories. Imran advises clients across all industries on a wide array of technology-related matters, including outsourcing, cloud computing, SaaS, strategic alliances, technology development, system procurement and implementation, technology...
John is a senior partner who is Past Chair of the firm’s Technology practice group, and was Co-Founder of both the Outsourcing practice group and the Privacy and Access to Information practice group. His practice is focused on technology, outsourcing and procurement, and privacy law matters. John works closely with clients in advising on and negotiating various technology-related transactions, including outsourcing/procurement, licensing, development, implementation, distribution, techn...
Alex Cameron is the Co-Chair of the Privacy and Cybersecurity Group at Fasken. He is widely recognized as one of the leading cybersecurity and privacy lawyers in Canada. Alex is consistently sought out in these areas by cyber insurers and clients from all industry sectors, including numerous Fortune 100 and 500 companies. He has helped clients respond to large scale cybersecurity attacks, ransomware attacks and data breaches involving millions of individuals. An accomplished litigator, Alex h...
Nadia Jandali Chao is a trusted and strategic adviser on matters relating to privacy compliance, commercial agreements, risk management, and corporate governance. She brings a unique and well-rounded perspective having spent years in a top-tier civil litigation practice before transitioning to in-house corporate law and business management roles, in both the private and public sector. Nadia advises clients on a variety of corporate and privacy matters, including privacy program management (e....
Lisa Danay Wallace is a partner in the information technology and intellectual property law practice group at WeirFoulds LLP. She acts for clients when procuring and selling software and technology related services. She works with companies from all industries in order to assist them with their contracting, privacy and other compliance needs. Early in her career, Lisa had hands-on in-house experience with a rapid-growth start-up and a payment network. As the foundation for her career, this ha...
Catherine Dennis Brooks is a Partner and Registered Canadian Trademark Agent with a practice in intellectual property law and marketing and advertising law. She specializes in all aspects of trademark and copyright law. Catherine assists clients in managing their domestic and international trademark portfolios through clearance and prosecution, licensing, opposition and cancellation proceedings, and enforcement strategy. She also has considerable experience in transactional work involving int...
Mary Jane Dykeman is a managing partner at INQ Law. In addition to data law, she is a long-standing health lawyer. Her data practice focuses on privacy, artificial intelligence (AI), cyber preparedness and response, and data governance. She regularly advises on use and disclosure of identifiable and de-identified data. Mary Jane applies a strategic, risk and innovation lens to data and emerging technologies. She helps clients identify the data they hold, understand how to use it within the la...
David is a partner of INQ Law and concentrates his practice on privacy, data protection, access to information and data governance. With more than 30 years of experience, David was a senior information and privacy regulator and has deep expertise in the application and enforcement of privacy and access laws. Over his career, David has held the roles of assistant commissioner, director of legal services, and manager of adjudication with Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner. He ...
James Kosa is a partner at WeirFoulds with a practice focused on information technology and intellectual property law. James offers his clients a wealth of knowledge and experience from across the spectrum of technology issues, including the protection and exploitation of computer and software technology, IT and IP licensing, privacy, security breaches and dispute resolution. James’ depth of experience means that he is able to offer his clients clear, practical and well-rounded advice b...
Lisa is a partner in Torkin Manes’ Business Law Group, specializing in the areas of information technology and business law and is the leader of the firm’s Technology, Privacy & Data Management Group. Lisa has particular expertise in preparing and negotiating technology agreements, including Internet-related, m-commerce and e-commerce agreements, cloud computing agreements (SaaS, PaaS, IasS), cloud retail agreements, cloud storage agreements, app development agreements, hostin...
Wesley Ng is Head of the Technology Group and Chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee in the Toronto office. His practice focuses on information technology, e-commerce, and biotechnology transactions, as well as privacy related matters including compliance with Canada’s new anti-spam legislation (CASL). Wesley regularly advises on business process outsourcings, service arrangements, technology exploitation (including development, commercialization and licensing), transformation...
Domenic Presta is a technology lawyer based in Toronto. He has over 20 years of experience both in-house as well as in private practice advising clients across all industries on a wide array of technology-related matters. Domenic has extensive experience advising on, structuring, negotiating, and drafting commercial transactions involving information technology, intellectual property, privacy, and regulatory aspects. Domenic assists clients in data security, especially concerning complex IT s...
Lonny Rosen is a founding partner of the Toronto, Ontario health and regulatory law firm Rosen Sunshine LLP. He has been certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in Health Law. Lonny advises on a wide variety of health and regulatory law issues. His clients include health care professionals, administrators of health care facilities, professional associations, and individuals. He represents clients in a range of civil and administrative proceedings, including in complaint and di...
Daanish Samadmoten is a member of the firm’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Group. Daanish frequently advises clients on various privacy and cybersecurity matters by providing practical and strategic advice in respect of privacy compliance, data breach incidents, and privacy litigation. Daanish has assisted numerous clients in addressing privacy and cybersecurity incidents, including by advising clients about their legal obligations and litigation risks, reporting to privacy regulators, work...
Jennifer Davidson practices technology law and intellectual property law at Deeth Williams Wall LLP, advising clients on a wide range of technology-related matters, including outsourcing, SaaS, licensing, privacy, data protection and the protection of intellectual property in innovations, particularly with respect to emerging technologies, fintech, blockchain, NFTs and artificial intelligence. Jennifer also advises on cybersecurity, acting as “breach counsel” for cybersecurity inc...
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