Overview

Douglas Tait is a Lawyer at Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is an experienced business lawyer whose practice focuses on corporate and commercial matters with an emphasis on information security. He practises primarily in privacy and data protection, cyber security, technology, property and development, and corporate and commercial law. As a founding member of TDS's Privacy and Data Protection Practice Group, he advises clients on legal obligations and compliance with provincial, federal, and international privacy laws, risk minimization, policies and procedures, data breach reporting and notification, incident response planning, vendor and service-provider risk mitigation, contract review, and cyber insurance. His technology work includes negotiating and drafting technology agreements, including service agreements and software-as-a-service agreements. His property and development work includes real estate conveyancing, financing, leasing, development, subdivisions, easements, rights-of-way, and mineral rights. He also advises on incorporations, shareholder agreements, commercial agreements, business sales, acquisitions, financings, personal property security, and contract review. His profile lists membership in the International Association of Privacy Professionals and ISACA.

Practice Areas

• Corporate & Commercial Law
• Property & Development
• Technology Law
• Privacy & Data Protection
• Cyber Security

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 1982 (MB)