About
Provided by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Osler has the largest team of practitioners who focus on privacy and data management in Canada. They provide advice on the increasingly complex rules and the broad range of privacy and data-governance issues arising from the collection, use, disclosure and management of personal information.
The fully integrated team is uniquely positioned to provide a comprehensive service offering that includes legal services, online privacy information services and consulting services. Osler’s lawyers work closely with the innovative AccessPrivacy privacy and data management consulting team, which offers clients an integrated suite of consulting, legal and information services, including the CPO (Chief Privacy Officer) Forum’s thought-leadership program, workshops, conferences, Private Sector Source and Public Sector Source online services and the Monthly Privacy Call. Together with a wide range of internal legal talent, Osler has an unparalleled level of hands-on privacy and data-management experience that allows them to provide timely, collaborative, practical and cost-effective solutions.
Chambers Review
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt maintains a highly regarded privacy and data management group. It serves a broad client base, advising several high-profile banks as well as tech, retail and hospitality companies in the digital marketing space on privacy and anti-spam issues. The firm also assists with regulatory concerns, data processing matters and security incidents. It is regularly mandated by high-profile private sector organisations to advise on data governance and contentious privacy issues, and is increasingly experienced in the emerging data ethics and big data spaces. Osler is highly rated for its innovation and commitment to practice development and policy discussion via its celebrated AccessPrivacy platform.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The firm offers extremely sophisticated understanding and the right contacts at offices to most effectively service clients. The team is extremely knowledgeable about the law, practical in their approach, with good business judgement and highly responsive."
"The firm adopts a very practical approach in the handling of complex issues. They always keep in mind our organisation's particular context and have great advice to provide."
"The firm offers extremely sophisticated understanding and the right contacts at offices to most effectively service clients. The team is extremely knowledgeable about the law, practical in their approach, with good business judgement and highly responsive."
"The firm adopts a very practical approach in the handling of complex issues. They always keep in mind our organisation's particular context and have great advice to provide."
Notable Practitioners
Adam Kardash is widely agreed to be a pre-eminent lawyer and heavyweight authority in the field of privacy and data protection. Based in Toronto, he is highly experienced advising clients on responses to data security breaches as well as assisting with regulatory investigations.
"Adam is a brilliant thinker and extremely responsive. He has a superb command of Canadian data protection law not only at a federal but also provincial levels."
John Salloum maintains an impressive practice dedicated to the confluence of privacy and advertising law, advising notable clients in the hospitality and e-commerce sectors. He is based in Toronto.
Toronto-based Joanna Fine continues to build an impressive reputation for her involvement in an array of privacy, data protection and anti-spam matters. She acts for big-name clients in the banking and e-commerce sectors, among others.
"She works efficiently and her guidance is always practical, actionable and clearly articulated. She is a true expert in her field and our organisation has come to rely on her sound advice."
Associate Tina Saban is well versed in data security incident response.
"She is highly organised and deeply responsive."
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