Relatively new to access work and running into challenging applicants and requests? Lawyers in the field highlight reactive and proactive tools available under FIPPA and PIPA you can apply to your practice. Discover how to manage vexatious applicants, overly broad requests, sensitive records, video and audio footage requests and more.

About Michela Fiorido


Michela is a Certified Information Privacy Professional with a legal practice focused on access, data security and privacy law. She assists clients in navigating access to information requests and delivers a wide range of privacy training and workshops. Michela also teaches access to information and privacy at Peter A. Allard School of Law as an adjunct professor.

About Suzanne Kennedy

Suzanne has practiced in the areas of access and privacy for nearly three decades and leads Harris and Company’s Privacy Law Practice Group. With a focus on public sector privacy, she assists clients with various issues including cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, data and breach management, health data privacy and more.

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