Fazila Nurani
Founder, Senior Counsel and Lead Trainer, PrivaTech Consulting
Fazila Nurani, Founder of PrivaTech Consulting, is a privacy and information security consultant, lawyer and trainer. She has a unique blend of legal training, IT consulting and records management experience, and has served both the public and private sectors.
Driven by her passion to assist organizations create privacy conscious environments, Fazila advises businesses in a range of industries on privacy and security best practices. Her clients include marketing firms, the insurance and health sectors, debt collectors, technology companies, retailers, the staffing industry and financial service providers. Fazila’s ability to lead engaging privacy training sessions and workshops is highly commended by PrivaTech’s clients. By conducting detailed privacy assessments and gap analyses; developing strong data protection policies and procedures; and raising privacy awareness, Fazila has assisted many organizations reduce the risk of a privacy breach.
Prior to pursuing a career in law, Fazila worked with various consulting firms, including Right Management Consultants and GSA Consulting Group Inc. Fazila designed information management systems and customized data security procedures for numerous entities.
Fazila’s legal experience began in the Information Technology Group at the law firm of Gowling Lafleur, Henderson LLP, where she worked on technology financing deals, software licensing, online advertising issues, domain name disputes and other Internet-related legal matters.
Fazila worked with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada in 2000 before founding PrivaTech Consulting. She responded to public inquiries about the new private sector privacy legislation, which was heavily involved in establishing complaint-handling procedures, and assisted investigators in interpreting the law. Fazila continues to work extensively with policy advisors and legal counsel in the Federal and Ontario governments, providing direction on the implementation of initiatives with privacy implications.
Fazila holds degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and Law from the University of Toronto. She is also a Certified Information and Privacy Professional with the International Association of Privacy Professionals, and a Certified Information Systems Auditor with the Information Systems Audit and Control Association. Fazila has authored a number of papers relating to privacy and information security issues. Fazila has appeared on CTV numerous times to discuss privacy news items and her articles, which have been published in Enterprise Magazine, The Lawyers Weekly, and various industry publications. She currently authors a monthly e-newsletter called PrivaTips. Subscribers include privacy commissioners in Canada and abroad, and other leading privacy practitioners, including law firms and privacy officers of multi-national corporations.
Return to Faculty page
