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The BC Supreme Court refused to enforce a housing cooperative’s membership termination because the board hadn't made reasonable efforts to ensure the members knew about and could participate in the termination hearing. The court dismissed the cooperative’s application for possession, emphasizing that formal notice alone doesn't satisfy natural justice when someone risks losing their home.
The BC Supreme Court allowed a proposed class proceeding about Google Photos facial biometric data collection to advance to a trial of common privacy and consumer protection questions. The decision concerns certification and procedural management, not a finding that Google violated the privacy rights of users.
A $200 visitor parking fine stood, but the strata had to disclose specified communications with its property manager without charging the owners. The Tribunal distinguished authorized council correspondence from informal personal exchanges.
Canada’s privacy watchdog has published guidance on consent, profiling and privacy settings for online services used by children.
A school division's unanswered access request became a deemed refusal under Alberta's Access to Information Act. The Commissioner ordered it to respond and confirm compliance after an inadvertent omission lasting almost a year. The order decides the missed deadline, not whether the requested records must be disclosed.
Alberta's privacy adjudicator found that Energy and Minerals hadn't explained an adequate records search for meetings involving a coal project. A second unsuccessful search didn't cure uncertainty about search terms and missing records. The ministry was ordered to explain its methods, not to disclose documents whose existence was unproven.
The BC Supreme Court approved a $35 million settlement arising from the 2019 Capital One data breach, together with class counsel fees and a representative plaintiff honorarium. The court did not find liability.
The Quebec Court ruled that a clerk could not seek relief from an expired small-claims notification deadline on a litigant's behalf. The clerk lacked both authority and standing, and the opposing party had not been heard.
Ontario public school boards are subject to the Charter even as employers. The Supreme Court overturned a grievance decision that failed to account for teachers’ section 8 workplace privacy rights.
Media insurers are clarifying AI coverage while Canadian regulators apply different privacy statutes. A creative firm's review needs to address both.
The revised federal research policy requires eligible institutions to publish an open access strategy. Its deadline runs from the release of supporting resources, rather than a fixed date stated in the policy.
A territorial government can promise openness, but a resident who needs an old decision may discover whether that promise has substance only when they request the underlying record. The Northwest Territories has publishe
A town council can believe that its decision was sensible and still be unable to show how it reached it. Newfoundland and Labrador's Information and Privacy Commissioner examined precisely that problem in
BC's November 2026 pay transparency deadline requires covered employers to publish pay information and preserve reliable, confidential source records.
Canada’s Privacy Commissioner announced an investigation into IDScan.net after reports of an incident involving stored identity documents. The regulator will assess security safeguards and notifications. The announcement does not establish a contravention.
A federal privacy investigation into stolen identification images raises a governance question for organizations that rely on vendors to collect sensitive customer records.
An $886,392 transfer payment, a stalled property sale, uninsured fire losses and multimillion-dollar coverage disputes show why preserving documents alone doesn't prove a legal entitlement.
When a nonprofit director's business bids on an organizational contract, good intentions aren't enough. The board needs disclosure, independent judgment and a record of how the decision was made.
Seven Canadian provinces now have franchise disclosure laws, including Saskatchewan since June 2026. A licence to use a brand can carry bigger obligations than the parties expect.
CRA's recordkeeping guidance reaches beyond receipts and financial statements. A registered charity must retain governing documents and minutes so its next board can understand the decisions behind the numbers.
Alberta's guidance distinguishes the law that governs a nonprofit from the bylaws and policies it creates for itself. Volunteer boards need to know both, and they need a reliable record of the decisions made under them.
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