By Antoine Aylwin and William Deneault-Rouillard

While governments announced the gradual reopening of different sectors and businesses after shutdowns due to COVID-19, bigger issues than toilet paper shortages have arisen. As technology has been key to the way individuals, organizations and governments have dealt with this crisis, this article aims to shed light on several privacy and cybersecurity considerations amid the reopening of the Canadian economy.

Has right to privacy been eroded?

Businesses have been forced to adopt several types of measures, considered necessary to battle against the spread of COVID-19 or to simply adapt to the new normal. Such actions may involve the collection, use and communication of personal information and challenge individuals’ fundamental right to privacy.

Source: The Lawyers Daily, published by Lexis Nexis Canada