Daanish Samadmoten is a member of Fasken’s Privacy and Cybersecurity group and serves as the firm’s Chief Privacy Officer. He provides strategic counsel on privacy compliance, cybersecurity risk management, breach response, and privacy litigation. Daanish regularly advises clients and boards on governance and cybersecurity responsibilities, often collaborating with cybersecurity professionals to assess risk and develop incident response plans. He has guided organizations through some of Canada’s most high-profile data breach incidents, including ransomware attacks, cyber extortion, malware and phishing schemes, payment card breaches, and insider threats. His practice also includes freedom of information matters, where he assists clients in both obtaining and protecting sensitive information in regulatory proceedings. With a background in civil, commercial, and administrative litigation, he integrates litigation risk considerations into his privacy advisory work. Daanish is a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), teaches cybersecurity and artificial intelligence at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, and has been recognized by Best Lawyers, Lexpert, and Benchmark Litigation.