The Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA) is coming! The Canadian government has submitted a bill for the amendment of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and the
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Constantine Karbaliotis and Abigail Dubiniecki write on the topic of what Canadian companies should do after Schrems II:
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Canada’s privacy regulator is admitting the government’s contract tracing app can’t provide a 100% guarantee of anonymity.
“True anonymity, technically speaking, would require the complete and permanent impossibility of reversing
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Information and Privacy Ombudspersons and Commissioners from across Canada are urging their governments to modernize access to information and privacy laws some of which have not been updated in 35
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On November 1st of last year, businesses became subject to new mandatory breach reporting regulations under Canada’s federal private sector privacy law, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
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Consent is not needed for the transfer of personal data from Canada to other countries, says the Canadian Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
Following a consultation on transfers of personal
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Canada has introduced a Digital Charter that will entail considerable changes to its privacy law, PIPEDA.
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“Privacy Commissioner of Canada Daniel Therrien believes the question about whether privacy legislation should be amended is in the past. It is no longer should the country’s privacy laws be
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The Canadian Office of the Privacy Commissioner has issued a “consultation on cross border transfers,” detailing its policy and seeking comments from stakeholders.
Key points on which consultation is sought:
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