OBA PROGRAM | Original Program Date: August 17, 2021

High profile data breaches at Yahoo and Facebook are cogent examples that a business’ records and client data can be lost in an instant, resulting in serious legal and business consequences.  Law firms face no less risk of exposure and need proactive data security and data breach prevention strategies to guard solicitor-client confidentiality.  With data breaches escalating in recent years, you need to attend this program to ensure you are aware of the trends and preventative strategies in law firm data security.   

Join us for an insightful discussion that will bring you up to speed on keeping your law firm’s data safe.   The presentation will include the key topics you need to know, such as:

• Law firm compliance with Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation
• Law firm data security programs for small-to-mid-size law firms
• Proactively managing privacy information security breaches
• Common pitfalls and preventative security strategies when integrating AI in your practice
• Developing and implementing privacy and data-use protection policies
• In-house counsel strategies for information governance compliance monitoring programs

Prevent data hacks at your law firm by staying on top of them.   This will be an informative program that you don’t want to miss.  

PROGRAM SPEAKERS

Ryan Duquette, RSM Canada LLP
Ira Parghi, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Maanit T. Zemel, Zemel van Kampen LLP