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IT Lawyer Éloïse Gratton addresses the emerging issues created by the new privacy laws and cutting-edge online and wireless technologies. Help your clients who operate or host websites, are involved in e-commerce or online advertising take advantage of the Internet and mobile technologies while still respecting consumers' privacy.

Topics covered

• Website privacy compliance, online advertising, spam and e-commerce privacy issues
• the European and North American legal framework
• mobile services, tracking technology and privacy issues
• translating the legal framework into best business practices

About the Author

Éloïse Gratton LL.B., LL.M. is a leading expert in new media and privacy issues and is Counsel to the firm for information technology issues. She is also pursuing a PhD degree at the University of Montreal and Université de Panthéon-Assas (Paris II). She also acts as privacy officer for our Montreal office. She was previously partner at McMillan (Corporate Law group) which she joined in 2002. Prior to joining the firm, she acted as Director of Corporate & Legal Affairs for a wireless technology company.

Publication Year: 2003

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An essential compliance tool for every privacy officer and attorney involved in managing privacy and data security issues, Privacy and Data Security Law Deskbook provides the thorough, practical, sector-specific guidance that helps you meet today's challenges and minimize the risk of data breaches that can damage a company's reputation.

It enables you to comply with data privacy laws relating to:

• Marketing efforts – including standards governing online behavioral advertising and targeted marketing
• Privacy in the workplace – such as standards governing employee monitoring and background screening of employees and applicant
• Health information – focusing on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), with insight into the HITECH Act's impact on data breaches and other recent changes
• Financial privacy – including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act's regulations for the collection and disclosure of personal information in the banking and insurance industries
• Consumer reports – with detailed coverage of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
• Government surveillance – including the latest developments in warrantless wiretapping
• Social networking – including the FTC's current approach

Packed with sample documents, checklists, and other compliance-enabling tools, this resource allows you to:

• Navigate the various breach notification requirements in the more than 45 states that have such laws in place
• Comply with global data protection laws (including those in the EU), facilitating compliance with cross-border data transfer restrictions
• Keep current with emerging legal trends, from changes in federal and state laws to the latest data privacy regulations abroad

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Privacy in the Workplace, 3rd Edition

This publication is your practical guide to Canadian privacy laws as they apply to the workplace, including easy-to-follow guidance on employers' privacy compliance responsibilities. This irreplaceable guide now goes even further to provide comprehensive coverage on important topics such as crossborder transfers of personal information and monitoring employees. It also provides tools and tips for creating an effective data management program across all areas of your organization, including developing appropriate privacy policies and training programs.

This book will guide you through private-sector privacy and data protection laws for human resources professionals, managers, and others who are responsible for managing personal information of employees, and/or who are responsible for ensuring that the organization's employees comply with applicable privacy laws when they are handling information of third parties on the organization's behalf.

Key Features:

• Managing personal information throughout the lifecycle of the employment relationship, from recruiting to the post-employment relationship
• A comprehensive overview of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
• Key features of provincial privacy laws in Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec
• A review of significant workplace privacy cases, including comprehensive coverage of Quebec case law
• Detailed guidance on outsourcing, including a full chapter on cross-border transfers of information
• A comprehensive discussion of employee surveillance, including video, computer, GPS and biometric tracking
• Detailed guidance on security best practices and responding to privacy breaches
• Essential information on dealing with employee social media usage
• A discussion of marketing and online privacy issues, including guidance on Canada's new anti-spam law (CASL)
• Easy to follow guidelines on establishing a comprehensive privacy compliance infrastructure
• An overview of the International Privacy Framework
• Sample Privacy Policies and Forms

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