Overview

Rachel E. Schechter is an associate at Roper Greyell in Vancouver who practises across workplace law, privacy, data governance, cybersecurity and related disputes. She advises public- and private-sector organizations on compliance, policies and procedures, privacy impact assessments, access requests, incident-response planning, artificial intelligence use and the legal implications of new technologies. Rachel acts in inquiries before the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner and in associated judicial review proceedings. As breach counsel, she helps organizations respond to ransomware, business-email compromise and other cybersecurity incidents, coordinating legal risk, forensic investigations, communications, notification and reporting. Her broader disputes practice includes commercial litigation, human rights, defamation, complex tort claims, intellectual property and professional negligence. She has appeared before every level of court in British Columbia and the Federal Court. Rachel is a Certified Information Privacy Professional in Canada, holds ISC2 cybersecurity certification, and was called to the British Columbia bar in 2015.

Practice Areas

• Workplace Law
• Privacy and Data Governance
• Cybersecurity
• Dispute Resolution

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2015 (BC)