Le 17 juin 2021, le gouvernement de l’Ontario a publié un livre blanc qui résume les propositions relatives à un projet de loi éventuel sur la protection de la vie privée dans le secteur privé de cette province. Ces...more
On June 17, 2021, the Ontario government released a white paper that outlines proposals for standalone private sector privacy legislation in the province. The proposals, if ultimately introduced as law, would represent a...more
En cette Journée de la protection des données, nous faisons un tour d’horizon d’une année chargée de consultations et de propositions visant à réformer certaines lois canadiennes en matière de protection des données. En 2020,...more
This Data Privacy Day, we reflect on a busy year of consultations and proposals to reform Canadian data privacy laws. In 2020, governments across Canada tabled legislative amendments and signalled their intention to...more
Le 17 novembre 2020, Navdeep Bains, ministre de l’Innovation, des Sciences et de l’Industrie, a présenté le projet de loi C‑11, la Loi de 2020 sur la mise en œuvre de la Charte du numérique. S’il est adopté, ce projet de loi...more
On November 17, the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, introduced Bill C-11, the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020. If passed, this highly anticipated bill would overhaul the...more
L’économie numérique a transformé nos modes de vie ainsi que la façon dont les organisations exercent leurs activités. Elle soulève également des enjeux inédits au chapitre de la protection de la vie privée; des enjeux qui...more
The digital economy has changed the way we live and the way organizations carry on business. It has also raised unique privacy challenges that were not imaginable when Canada’s private-sector privacy laws were originally...more
Plus de deux mois après le dépôt à l’Assemblée nationale du Québec du projet de loi 64, Loi modernisant des dispositions législatives en matière de protection des renseignements personnels, le gouvernement de l’Ontario a...more
Just over two months after Bill 64, an Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information, was introduced in the National Assembly of Quebec, the Ontario government launched a...more
Come July 1, 2020, Canadian entities caught under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will need to comply with proposed regulations that were recently issued by the Attorney General’s office.
The draft rules clarify...more
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To mark the one-year anniversary of mandatory breach reporting under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) published a blog post...more
On September 23, 2019, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) concluded its consultation on transfers for processing, initially launched on April 9, 2019. Fortunately, the OPC has determined that its approach...more
On April 9, 2019, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) played a belated April Fools’ joke. They launched a consultation on transborder data flows in which they indicated that they were revisiting their...more
As part of our quarterly series on current trends across different industries, our first article for 2019 looks at the current landscape of cybersecurity and highlights key legal trends and developments. We also offer some...more
On October 29, 2018, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) published the final guidance intended to assist organizations in complying with the mandatory breach reporting and record-keeping requirements under...more
On September 17, 2018, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) published draft guidelines on mandatory breach reporting under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). The...more
The final Breach of Security Safeguards Regulations (Regulations) under the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) were made on March 26, 2018, and published on April 18, 2018. The...more
Many fintech companies collect and process vast amounts of data in order to provide financial services quickly and inexpensively. Much of this data is highly sensitive personal information such as date of birth, social...more