Happy Data Privacy Day! Data Privacy Day represents a timely opportunity to highlight anticipated significant developments in Canadian privacy law in 2020 that we are monitoring following two major developments from the Government of Canada.
John Cassell (CA)
Office of Privacy Commissioner Says It’s Status Quo on Consent Requirements for Data Processing Transfers
On September 23, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) announced, following consultation with stakeholders, that it will maintain the position set out in its 2009 guidelines that an organization’s transfer of personal information to…
Canada’s Mandatory Privacy Breach Reporting Requirements coming into force November 1, 2018
As of November 1, 2018, organizations across Canada subject to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) will be required to provide notice of certain privacy breaches.…
Draft mandatory data breach reporting regulations released for comment in Canada
On September 2, 2017, the Government of Canada published proposed new regulations in the Canada Gazette, which set out specifics regarding the mandatory data breach reporting requirements under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. The PIPEDA Amendments were passed in June, 2015 but are not yet in force.…