12:00 pm - 1:15 pm

Beyond the Bill: Navigating Online Harms, Intimate Privacy & Reputation in a Changing Legal Landscape

Online harassment, image misuse, and reputational attacks now intersect with multiple areas of Canadian law — privacy, human rights, civil liability, and evolving federal policy. Clients are looking to you for clear direction in a space where the legal terrain changes faster than the headlines. With public demands for the proposed Online Harms Act to come back before Parliament, your ability to give grounded, up-to-date guidance is more important than ever.

Position yourself as the advisor who can translate uncertainty into strategy. Understand the tools available today, anticipate the shifts coming tomorrow, and help clients protect dignity, privacy, and safety when harm spreads online.

Strengthen your practice by improving your know-how to:

• Map the real remedies available now under civil, privacy, human-rights, and criminal law — so clients know what action they can take immediately.
• Advise confidently on intimate-image protection, online defamation, and harassment using approaches tailored to digital ecosystems.
• Prepare clients for online harms and online safety requirements without over-promising obligations that do not yet exist in law.
• Support employers, organizations, and individuals in mitigating reputational damage with strategies that align with legal requirements and public expectations.
• Navigate the tension between privacy, equality, and freedom of expression with a nuanced approach grounded in current Canadian jurisprudence.

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