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Privacy & Data Protection

Nationwide - Canada

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Provided by Eric Charleston

Canada

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Eric is a cybersecurity lawyer who helps clients with every aspect of cybersecurity compliance, including overcoming cyber incidents such as ransomware, data breach and business email compromise.

He brings a results-driven, big-picture perspective to incident response, ensuring that no time is wasted, tasks are appropriately prioritized, legal privilege is preserved, and the client's core constituencies are protected.

Career

Eric routinely advises clients on complex cross-border incidents and liaises with federal, provincial and sectoral regulators in Canada and abroad. He has overseen national and international breach notification campaigns, all while minimizing brand impact whenever possible.

Eric also prepares clients, pre-breach, for cybersecurity incidents. He advises clients on their data practices, including collection, retention, destruction and mapping. He prepares client-specific incident response plans, evaluates cyber hygiene and conducts preparedness exercises, including attack simulation.

Eric regularly provides transactional advice regarding cyber and privacy risk. He has worked with clients in virtually every sector of the Canadian economy, including public, private, not-for-profit, energy, finance, insurance, education, healthcare, retail, technology, and professional service firms.

He is a certified information privacy professional (CIPP/C), with extensive knowledge of Canada's evolving privacy law landscape.

Eric is also a cyber insurance expert, and has represented insurers on some of Canada's largest cyber claims.

Professional Memberships

Canadian Advisory Board, International Association of Privacy Professionals

Member, Law Society of Ontario

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Bar Admission

Ontario, 2019

Louisiana, 2012 (inactive)

Washington, DC, 2010 (inactive)

New York, 2009 (inactive)

Education

Loyola University Institute of Politics

Fellow

2014

Syracuse University

BFA

2002

Georgetown University Law Center

JD

2008

Chambers Review

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Privacy & Data Protection - Nationwide - Canada

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Individual Editorial

Eric Charleston has significant expertise as a cyber incident response lawyer. He has notable experience in Canada's health sector and regularly advises clients on cross-border incidents. He is based in Toronto, and is the national co-leader of Borden Ladner Gervais's cybersecurity practice.

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