The federal privacy commissioner has come out with his most pointed criticisms of the proposed overhaul of privacy legislation covering the private sector. In particular, he said the government wants ...

PIPEDA is based on 10 fair principles for the collection and use of personal data of employees, customers and partners. Three of these are, arguably, the most important: — the knowledge and consent of ...

While it’s applied to federally-regulated companies since 2001, only as of Jan. 1, this year — when the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) stretched to cover most ...

In June 2022, Bill C-27, or "An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act (the Act) and, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and the ...

This morning, the Canadian government announced that the federal privacy commissioner will gain the ability to recommend companies be fined for not complying with updated and stiffer privacy ...

PIPEDA was intended to be reviewed every five years since being introduced more than 15 years ago, but she said this is the first major review since its inception. Changes have already been made to ...

TORONTO, (May 3, 2004) — While it’s applied to federally-regulated companies since 2001, only as of Jan. 1, this year — when the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) ...

As of November 1, 2018, organizations subject to Canadian privacy law must comply with important new rules in relation to privacy breaches. In this article, we provide six key considerations for ...