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 enactment of a new, modern privacy act.

Key provisions include:

Stronger enforcement:

• Broad order-making powers to the Commissioner, including recommending the issuance of fines.
• Administrative two-tiered monetary penalties of up to 3% of global revenue or $10 million or 5% of global revenue or $25 million.

Stronger protections:

• Required disclosure of data processing in plain language
• Right for individual to direct the transfer of their personal information from one organization to another.
• Right to delete/right to object to processing.
• Transparency about how automated decision-making systems like algorithms and artificial intelligence are used to make significant predictions, recommendations or decisions and the right to request an explanation.
• Protection of deidentified information and preventing its use without an individual’s consent only to limited circumstances.

Read the full text of the legislation.

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