Suzanne L. Morin – 2014
Assistant General Counsel, Privacy, Research In Motion Limited
Suzanne completed her B.A. with a Spanish concentration prior to completing her LL.B. from the University of Ottawa. After clerking at the Federal Court of Canada, she was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1992. She completed the Regulatory Best Practices Certificate program offered by Queen’s University in 1997. Since her call to the Bar, Suzanne has been working in the areas of privacy, copyright, communications and electronic commerce generally, including areas such as network neutrality, lawful access, unsolicited bulk email or spam, jurisdiction, consumer protection, online child exploitation and offensive content. In June 2011, Suzanne joined Research In Motion Limited to head up privacy internationally. Prior to joining RIM, as Assistant General Counsel and Privacy Chief – Legal & Regulatory at Bell Canada, Suzanne had overall policy responsibility for the areas of privacy, lawful access, network neutrality, online child exploitation, copyright and spam. She continues to be involved with many associations including the Canadian Bar Association’s National Privacy and Access Law Section, the Information Technology Association of Canada, the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, the CTIA – the Wireless Association, the European-American Business Council, Digital Europe and MediaSmarts (formerly Media Awareness Network). Suzanne was an appointed member of the Standards Council of Canada for over a decade and was a member of the Canadian Spam Task Force. Suzanne speaks frequently at Canadian and international conferences and is an Advisory Board Member and occasional contributor to Internet and E-commerce Law in Canada and the Canadian Privacy Law Review.
Suzanne completed her B.A. with a Spanish concentration prior to completing her LL.B. from the University of Ottawa. After clerking at the Federal Court of Canada, she was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1992. She completed the Regulatory Best Practices Certificate program offered by Queen’s University in 1997. Since her call to the Bar, Suzanne has been working in the areas of privacy, copyright, communications and electronic commerce generally, including areas such as network neutrality, lawful access, unsolicited bulk email or spam, jurisdiction, consumer protection, online child exploitation and offensive content. In June 2011, Suzanne joined Research In Motion Limited to head up privacy internationally. Prior to joining RIM, as Assistant General Counsel and Privacy Chief – Legal & Regulatory at Bell Canada, Suzanne had overall policy responsibility for the areas of privacy, lawful access, network neutrality, online child exploitation, copyright and spam. She continues to be involved with many associations including the Canadian Bar Association’s National Privacy and Access Law Section, the Information Technology Association of Canada, the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, the CTIA – the Wireless Association, the European-American Business Council, Digital Europe and MediaSmarts (formerly Media Awareness Network). Suzanne was an appointed member of the Standards Council of Canada for over a decade and was a member of the Canadian Spam Task Force. Suzanne speaks frequently at Canadian and international conferences and is an Advisory Board Member and occasional contributor to Internet and E-commerce Law in Canada and the Canadian Privacy Law Review.
