Timothy M. Banks

Personal Experience and Specialties

Technology lawyer focusing on IT contracts, privacy, cybersecurity and CASL. Tim’s mission is to provide outstanding legal advice to clients that is understandable, tuned to risk tolerances, and operationally practical. His previous experience includes being a partner at a global law firm where he built a Chambers-ranked Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice and the first in-house counsel for the largest global cloud computing service providers.

Tim’s areas of practice focus are:

• Privacy and Cybersecurity
• IT Outsourcing Agreements (Infrastructure and Software)
• Access to Information
• Advertising, Marketing and Promotions
• Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation and Unsolicited Telecommunications Laws
• Consumer Protection and Consumer Agreements
• Gaming, Contests and Sweepstakes

Results of November/December 2019 Anonymous Client Survey

“Tim is attentive to client needs, provides pragmatic advice at reasonable costs and is proactive to help clients stay on top of emerging issues.”

“Perfect – bright, articulate, professional, practical, business-minded, supremely helpful.”

“The best example of the new breed of private practice lawyer. Tim marries deep technical expertise with leading edge industry knowledge to deliver insightful, pragmatic advice. An exceptional partner and resource to any small- or mid-sized law department.”

Publications

Tim is the author of the Privacy Officer’s Guide to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Lexis Nexis Canada, 2016, 2018 and 2020 editions)

In addition to blog posts on our firm’s blog, Tim offers commentary on a variety of issues at www.timothy-banks.com.