Molly Reynolds
Canada Guide 2025
Band 2 : Privacy & Data Protection
Band 2
About
Provided by Molly Reynolds
Practice Areas
Molly has a deep and nuanced understanding of privacy law compliance, giving clients advice to support their operations and their commercial transactions, as well as data security best practices, breach response, regulatory investigations, and privacy class action defence. She represents clients in administrative proceedings under access to information, anti-spam and privacy legislation, as well as in the context of civil litigation. Her dual calls to the Ontario and New York bars allow her to advise on personal information handling and marketing regimes that reflect and comply with both Canadian and American privacy legislation.
Molly also supports clients on data security preparedness, records management, and internal investigations relating to confidential information handling.
Chambers Review
Canada
Molly Reynolds is a regulatory expert and accomplished courtroom advocate whose skills are frequently sought after by a range of financial institutions including major banks, pension funds and technology companies. She is based in Toronto.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Molly has never disappointed me in any of my engagements with her. She is always exceptional."
"Molly is an excellent partner for us and has been a key contributor. She always approaches situations with an impressively measured and logical approach."
"Molly is one of the best lawyers I have ever worked with. She is extremely knowledgeable, responsive and practical. She works hard to understand the client's needs."
"Molly has never disappointed me in any of my engagements with her. She is always exceptional."
"Molly is an excellent partner for us and has been a key contributor. She always approaches situations with an impressively measured and logical approach."
"Molly is one of the best lawyers I have ever worked with. She is extremely knowledgeable, responsive and practical. She works hard to understand the client's needs."
Articles, highlights and press releases
8 items provided by Torys LLP
The screen scraping risk landscape in North America: regulatory and litigation developments
As businesses continue to seek to leverage big data for growth & investment purposes, the legality of scraping data from websites is increasingly being examined by regulators. Several recent cases have highlighted the privacy, contract & copyright risks associated with this form of data collection.
Accelerated Innovation of Canada’s Financial Institutions
Canadian banks were on the path to digitization, automation & virtualization, but these efforts were accelerated by COVID-19. These banks are now experiencing a surge in rapid integration of tech & digitization. Here we discuss developments that will revolutionize the financial services industry.
Canada has a competitive financial sector that has proven to be stable and well respected. However, Canada has experienced delays in rolling out frameworks that enable the fintech ecosystem to evolve in a way that is reliable and safe. Here we examine promising trends in the national fintech sector.
Proof of vaccination: privacy considerations for businesses
While the Canadian government recently launched a vaccine passport for international travel, the landscape of domestic vaccine passport systems remains unclear. This article surveys what a domestic passport plan would entail, along with privacy and legislative considerations for affected businesses.
Cross-border privacy and cybersecurity considerations for M&A
Privacy law reforms are rolling out globally with new requirements. The accelerated digitization of businesses has meant that firms are increasingly at risk of cyberattacks. Here we examine priorities to consider when facing the issues of legislative reform, personal information and cybersecurity.
Torys Quarterly: Key privacy & cybersecurity issues financial institutions should be thinking about
The ongoing digital transformation of the financial industry spurred on by consumer demand and fintechs was supercharged by the current pandemic. This article outlines the five key cybersecurity and privacy topics that companies in the financial sector ought to focus on.
Torys Quarterly: Capturing the potential of the world’s accelerating digital payments ecosystem
Many countries saw a spike in the employment of digital payments following COVID-19. The acceleration of these systems raises unique economical challenges. This article explores how companies can adapt and develop a risk-mitigation approach to remain competitive in the sphere of digital payments.
Quarterly: A privacy, cybersecurity and data governance framework for return-to-business planning
As businesses prepare to return to on-site operations, welcoming customers, employees and suppliers back to their worksites, we can expect some public health measures will remain in place for several months.
The screen scraping risk landscape in North America: regulatory and litigation developments
As businesses continue to seek to leverage big data for growth & investment purposes, the legality of scraping data from websites is increasingly being examined by regulators. Several recent cases have highlighted the privacy, contract & copyright risks associated with this form of data collection.
Accelerated Innovation of Canada’s Financial Institutions
Canadian banks were on the path to digitization, automation & virtualization, but these efforts were accelerated by COVID-19. These banks are now experiencing a surge in rapid integration of tech & digitization. Here we discuss developments that will revolutionize the financial services industry.
Canada has a competitive financial sector that has proven to be stable and well respected. However, Canada has experienced delays in rolling out frameworks that enable the fintech ecosystem to evolve in a way that is reliable and safe. Here we examine promising trends in the national fintech sector.
Proof of vaccination: privacy considerations for businesses
While the Canadian government recently launched a vaccine passport for international travel, the landscape of domestic vaccine passport systems remains unclear. This article surveys what a domestic passport plan would entail, along with privacy and legislative considerations for affected businesses.
Cross-border privacy and cybersecurity considerations for M&A
Privacy law reforms are rolling out globally with new requirements. The accelerated digitization of businesses has meant that firms are increasingly at risk of cyberattacks. Here we examine priorities to consider when facing the issues of legislative reform, personal information and cybersecurity.
Torys Quarterly: Key privacy & cybersecurity issues financial institutions should be thinking about
The ongoing digital transformation of the financial industry spurred on by consumer demand and fintechs was supercharged by the current pandemic. This article outlines the five key cybersecurity and privacy topics that companies in the financial sector ought to focus on.
Torys Quarterly: Capturing the potential of the world’s accelerating digital payments ecosystem
Many countries saw a spike in the employment of digital payments following COVID-19. The acceleration of these systems raises unique economical challenges. This article explores how companies can adapt and develop a risk-mitigation approach to remain competitive in the sphere of digital payments.
Quarterly: A privacy, cybersecurity and data governance framework for return-to-business planning
As businesses prepare to return to on-site operations, welcoming customers, employees and suppliers back to their worksites, we can expect some public health measures will remain in place for several months.
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