Heenan Blaikie Annotated Guide to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection Act (FIPPA / MFIPPA)

Partner at Heenan Blaikie, Adam Kardash focuses his practice almost exclusively on privacy and information management law. He is the head of Heenan Blaikie’s National Privacy and Information Management group, and a member of the firm’s Marketing and Advertising and Intellectual Property groups.

Adam is also Managing Director and Head of AccessPrivacyHB an innovative, integrated privacy, compliance and information governance consulting service that was launched in 2009 and is complimentary to Heenan Blaikie national privacy practice.

Adam has extensive experience in the privacy law area, and regularly advises on a broad range of data protection issues and privacy compliance initiatives. He assists in-house counsel and Chief Privacy Officers of organizations in the private, health and not-for-profit sectors on conducting privacy impact assessments and privacy and security reviews/audits; drafting privacy policies, practises and procedures; undertaking privacy compliance initiatives; managing security breaches; representing organizations on privacy regulatory investigations, and the drafting and negotiation of service provider arrangements involving personal information, including transborder data flows.

Adam has also worked on a wide variety of transactions involving information technology, including technology acquisitions, licensing, outsourcing and service provider arrangements, and general corporate commercial issues with respect to carrying on business over the Internet and in the electronic environment.

Adam and Priscilla Platt co-authored and launched Heenan Blaikie’s electronic guide to Ontario's public sector access and privacy legislation in April 2007. The guide, AccessPrivacy.ca, is an innovative tool to assist institutions and the public to understand the developments of the law in these areas. The electronic guide is being expanded to include Federal access to information law matters in the spring.

Adam is Chair of the Privacy Section of the Ontario Bar Association (OBA), a member of the Canadian Bar Association’s National Privacy Section and served three years on the executive of the OBA’s Electronic Commerce and Information Technology section. He speaks regularly on issues pertaining to Information Technology and Privacy, and for three years taught an MBA course at York University’s Schulich School of Business on legal issues relating to electronic commerce.

Chair, AccessPrivacyHB 2010 Privacy Conference, Toronto, March 25, 2010.

Speaker, “Social Media and its Collision with Global Privacy and Data Protection", 2010 ANA Advertising Law and Public Policy Conference, Washington, March 17, 2010.

Speaker, “Privacy Case Law: A Year in Review”, Ontario Bar Association, Toronto, February 16, 2010.

Speaker, “Update on Canadian Privacy Law”, New York Privacy Officers’ Forum, New York, NY, February 4, 2010.

Moderator, “Employee Privacy Related Issues”, Northwind Privacy Invitational Forum, Langdon Hall, Cambridge, Ontario, November 20, 2009.

Moderator, “Chief Privacy Officer Roundtable”, Thirteenth Annual IT.CAN Conference, Toronto, October 22, 2009.

Panel Participant, “Who Ya Gonna Call” panel discussion about multi-jurisdictional privacy investigations - Solving the Privacy Puzzle, PIPA Conference 2009, Vancouver, October 15 – 16, 2009.

Co-Chair, “A Luncheon with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada”, Ontario Bar Association, Toronto, September 17, 2009.

Co-Presenter, Webinar on Canadian Data Protection for DataGuidance, September 3, 2009.

Co-Chair, “Hot Issues in Ontario's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA)” – 3rd Annual FIPPA and MFIPPA Update and Training Session, Heenan Blaikie Conference, Toronto, June 18, 2009.

Represented Canadian Bar Association, “Trilateral Committee on Transborder Data Flows – Third Stakeholders Consultation Forum”, held by Industry Canada, Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, Ottawa, June 15, 2009.

Co-Chair, “Hot Issues in Privacy Law”, Ontario Bar Association CLE, Toronto, June 8, 2009.

Moderator, “Privacy Compliance Monitoring”, Meeting of the Council of Chief Privacy Officers, The Conference Board of Canada, Ottawa, May 26, 2009.

Speaker, “Update / Year in Review”, Privacy Law: What Every Lawyer Needs To Know About Privacy, OBA Institute of CLE, Ontario Bar Association, Toronto, February 2, 2009.

Speaker, “Access Privacy: Hot Issues in FIPPA and MFIPPA for Transit Authorities”, Heenan Blaikie conference, Toronto, February 12, 2009.

Speaker, “Workplace Privacy Issues”, 2008 Privacy Invitational Strategic Forum, Northwind Professional Institute, Langdon Hall, Cambridge, Ontario, November 6, 2008.

Panel Moderator, “Addressing the Workplace Privacy Challenge”, Heenan Blaikie’s Annual Conference on Labour, Employment and Pension Law, Toronto, September 25, 2008.

Speaker, “Confidential Information in a Global Economy”, Protection of Trade Secrets in Canada, 2nd Annual CLE Labour and Employment Conference, American Bar Association, Denver, Colorado, September 11, 2008.

Speaker, session entitled “Dealing with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)”, Meeting of the Council of Chief Privacy Officers, The Conference Board of Canada, Montreal, June 3, 2008.

Co-Panellist, “Managing Privacy Risks”, 3rd Annual Risk Management Course for Credit Unions, Insight Conference, Toronto, December 10, 2007.

Co-Chair, “Hot Issues in Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA: Conference for Municipalities, Police Services and Local Boards)”, Heenan Blaikie Conference, Toronto, November 26, 2007.

Panellist, “Multi-Jurisdictional Security Breaches”, International Association of Privacy Professionals: Privacy Academy, San Francisco, October 22, 2007.

Speaker, “Workplace Privacy”, Managing the Workplace 2007: Conference on Labour, Employment and Pension Law, presented by Heenan Blaikie, Toronto, September 26, 2007.

Moderator, “Chief Privacy Officer Roundtable”, Ontario Bar Association, Toronto, July 23, 2007.

Co-Chair, “Hot Issues in Ontario’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA)”, Heenan Blaikie Conference, North Bay, June 6, 2007.

Co-Author, “AccessPrivacy.ca”, a Heenan Blaikie electronic guide to Ontario's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA), April 2007. (www.accessprivacy.ca)

Co-Chair, “Hot Issues in Ontario's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA)”, Heenan Blaikie Conference, Toronto, March 22, 2007.

Co-Presenter, “Data Breaches and Identity Theft: The Quintessential Privacy Dilemma”, Ontario Bar Association Institute Conference, Toronto, February 6, 2007.

Presenter, Workplace Privacy, “The Intensive Course in Privacy and Data Security”, Osgoode Hall Law School, Professional Development CLE, January 22/23, 2007.

Co-Author, “Canadian privacy legislation and transborder data flows of personal employee information for processing purposes”, Employment and Industrial Relations Law Newsletter (International Bar Association Legal Practice Division) 16:2 (September 2006) 36

Co-Chair, Hot Topics in Privacy Law, Ontario Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, Toronto, June 8, 2006.

Presenter, “Summary Overview of the Implications of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for the University Sector”, Executive Heads Roundtable, Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto, April 20, 2006.

Co-Author, “Annotated Commentary of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) in the University Context”, Council of Ontario Universities, April 20, 2006.

Advising Business on Technology Law Issues Selected Privacy Issues, Osgoode Hall Law School, Osgoode Professional Development Centre, Toronto, Ontario, November 24, 2004.

Impact of Health Information Protection Act, 2004 on Health Research Activities, Multi-stakeholder workshop on the Canadian Institutes for Health Research Draft Privacy Best Practices Guidelines, Toronto, August, 2004.

Law Firm Compliance: Key Privacy Considerations for Lawyers and Law Firms in Ontario - Selected Privacy Issues: Knowledge Management and Law Firm Technology, conference to the Ontario Bar Association, Toronto, May 6, 2004.

Minimizing the Risks of Leading-Edge Online Marketing and Advertising, Netlaw 2004, Speech to The Canadian Institute, Toronto, March 25, 2004.

Privacy and Call Centres, Speech to the Contact Professionals Alliance, Novotel, Mississauga, December 11, 2003.

Privacy Law and Call Centres, Speech to Contact Professionals Alliance, Donalda Club, Toronto, December 3, 2003.

Privacy Issues in the Electronic Workplace, Heenan Blaikie seminar series, Novotel Hotel, Missisauga, October 30, 2003.

A Class of Their Own: Class Actions and Privacy, Ontario Bar Association – Privacy section seminar - Chair, Toronto, October 28, 2003.

PIPEDA: Its 2004 Application in the Health Care Sector, Speech at Insight Conference entitled “Health Privacy, Toronto, September 29, 2003.

Privacy and the Post-Secondary Institution: Emerging Themes and Trends, Speech at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of University Solicitors, Winnipeg, September 19, 2003.

Privacy in Practice: Retaining, Acquiring and Growing your Customer Base, Workshop and panel discussion at the Canadian Marketing Association’s Privacy Conference, September 18, 2003.

Common Privacy Compliance Issues, Speech and panel discussion at the Association for the Advancement of Relationship Marketing session entitled “Why Good Privacy is Good Business”, Toronto, June 11, 2003.

The Absolute Very Latest Up to the Minute News, Tips & Strategies in Privacy Law and Compliance, Speech at the Ontario Bar Association (Privacy Section), Toronto, May 5, 2003.

Privacy and Electronic Data Flows, Speech at the 2003 Institute of Continuing Legal Education (Privacy section), Toronto, March 6, 2003.