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Health Research
Health research aims to find better ways to treat, prevent and cure disease.
This vital component of healthcare can take multiple forms and present a variety of risks and opportunities. Whether it is a clinical trial, secondary data research, research ethics board protocol review, or a material transfer agreement, we keep the aims of the study top of mind while advising researchers, funders, and health care organizations. We also advise on deidentification of data for research purposes, and questions of research versus quality.
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Agreements - Material transfer, clinical trial, data sharing, basic science
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Research ethics board advice
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Research misconduct
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Protocol reviews
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Informed consents
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Deidentified data
Connect with our team
Mary Jane Dykeman
Samara Starkman
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Cyber Preparedness
Data is as much an asset to your business as it is a liability.
Businesses need a comprehensive cyber plan that meets current data protection regulations and maintains trust with key stakeholders. Organizations with an incident response team, who prepare for cyber-attacks and privacy incidents, experience on average $2 million less in breach costs than those who are not prepared. [IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report, 2020].
Since most incidents are caused by human error, regardless of how much you have prepared, breaches and incidents will happen. The requirements, obligations and mitigations taken following such incidents impact the severity of the consequences. Our Cyber Preparedness team works with our clients to develop tailored and comprehensive plans to prepare for and respond to breaches of any size. Using our Cyber Breach Protocol, we guide clients to test and socialize their plans proactively and effectively. We also serve as breach coaches and trusted advisors.
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Breach coaching
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Cyber/Incident Protocol development
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Tabletop breach simulation exercises
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Cyber readiness training
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Individual and regulator notification assistance
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Breach reporting
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Advice on containment and risk mitigation
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Media/public statement management
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We help you innovate responsibly and with confidence
Data runs our world. It powers businesses and inspires innovation. It also presents new-found risks and challenges to organizations. To keep pace of this fast-changing field, INQ Law offers a multidisciplinary team of leaders across a range of data law practices. We also leverage complementary expertise from across our firm to help organizations ready to innovate responsibly and with confidence.
Together, we balance our decades of expertise and experience with our passion to stay on top of the industry’s latest developments in Canada and key jurisdictions around the world. We do this to support our clients that span small community organizations and emerging, high-growth start-ups to large, complex organizations. They represent a range of industries and sectors, and include private, public and non-profit organizations, including charities.
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Global privacy I Freedom of information I Cyber preparedness I Incident response
Data governance I Artificial intelligence
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