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Author(s): Barbara McIsaac, Q.C., Rick Shields, Kris Klein, LL.B.
Credentials: Barbara McIsaac, Q.C., is Counsel with Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. An experienced Charter and human rights litigator, she was senior counsel to the Somalia Inquiry, and has appeared as counsel in several landmark cases before the Supreme Court of Canada and the Ontario Court of Appeal. Ms. McIsaac conducts litigation before all courts in the areas of commercial, administrative and public law and intellectual property law. She has represented both the federal government and Canadian Privacy Commissioner and is a leading authority on the Federal Privacy Act and domestic and international privacy developments.
Rick Shields has a private practice in Ottawa, Ontario. He formally was Counsel in the Ottawa office of McCarthy Tétrault, where he practised in the Business Law group. Mr. Shields is a regularly featured speaker at privacy-related conferences in Canada and has also written or co-written a large number of papers and articles on Canadian privacy law issues.
Kris Klein has more than a decade of experience in the federal regulatory arena, which he gained in both the public and private sectors in Canada. His is one of the country's leading experts on the application of the Access to Information Act, the Privacy Act, and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
Kris practiced law with McCarthy Tétrault, a preeminent, national firm delivering integrated business law, litigation services, tax law, real property law, labour and employment law in Canada and globally. He also has a significant amount of litigation experience, working for the Federal Department of Justice, and has provided instrumental and crucial legal advice for the Privy Council Office.
More recently, Kris practiced exclusively in the area of privacy law for the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. In his capacity as litigation counsel, Kris advised the Commissioner and senior officials on legal, policy and strategic positions available in privacy matters, including the handling of high-profile and sensitive cases. In addition, he interacted, negotiated and settled complaints with private sector organizations facing complaints about privacy issues. Kris also represented the Commissioner and her office publicly, as a conference speaker, before Parliamentary committee and in interviews with the media.
Kris has broad public and private sector experience, working on projects that have required understanding, negotiating and monitoring technical compliance with privacy and security issues. He has a demonstrated understanding of technology, theories of anonymity (de-identification of data), authentication systems, health privacy issues, etc. Moreover, Kris teaches the Privacy Law course at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, and he has provided countless in-house training sessions to corporations and government departments. He is an entertaining speaker that engages the audience and provides practical advice to real-world problems.
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