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Employee Snooping Risks: From Curiosity to Crisis
When most people think of privacy breaches, they picture hackers or cybercriminals infiltrating their systems to steal data and compromise networks. However, a privacy breach encompasses all kinds of unauthorized access—including actions from staff...
January 17, 2025
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What is the “Right” Coverage?
For most people, dealing with insurance companies is one of two activities: a monthly payment automatically taken out of the bank account, or your an...
May 12, 2019
How do you know that you selected the “Right” Insurance Company?
Client service is an art. But not every business has the right brush. Whether you’re making a claim, dealing with a lawsuit, or just clarifying your...
May 10, 2019
What is the “Right” Price when it comes to insurance?
Shopping for insurance is full of contradictions: different companies have different views of risk, and yet somehow, everyone has the same products fo...
May 9, 2019
What We Can Learn about Canadian Privacy Laws from Casino Rama’s Pending Lawsuit
In October 2016, Casino Rama suffered a massive breach exposing data on at least 10,990 people: patrons, employees, and even individuals who self-iden...
May 2, 2019
When it IS a good idea to pick the cheaper insurance plan—and when it definitely ISN’T
When on the market for Home or Auto Insurance, what do you look for? Please don't tell us you just want the cheapest possible option. We don't like to...
February 13, 2019
New Year, New Road Rules: Ontario Doubles Down on Distracted Drivers!
90% of Canadians know that it's illegal to use a handheld device behind the wheel. 40% of Canadians admit to doing it anyway. Distracted driving is n...
January 14, 2019
Dodge white-knuckle driving this season!
How to prepare your car for our trademark Canadian winters: In general, Canadian weather is flakey, but winter takes it to a new extreme: snowflake-y....
November 18, 2018
A dash of income here, a sprinkle of income there: A new recipe for income splitting to please the CRA’s demanding palate
In January 2018, changes to Canada’s “Tax on Split Income” (TOSI) legislation came into effect, introducing more stringent rules for private cor...
October 28, 2018
Why Insurance Rates Are Increasing and What You Can Do About It
To own a house in Canada, you need insurance. To drive a car in Canada, you need insurance. But what if no insurer is willing to insure you—or if t...