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Canada's Officer of the Privacy Commissioner Issues Guidance on Biometric Data Processing

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On August 11, 2025, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada ("OPC") issued two sets of guidance for processing of individual's biometric data: one for federal institutions and one for private businesses. Below we...more

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Heightened Privacy Obligations for Organizations in Alberta: Changes May Be on the Horizon

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The review of Alberta's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) currently underway by the Alberta Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship (the Committee) continues, with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada recently...more

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Five Things to Know About Québec’s New Data Mobility Right

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On September 22, 2024, the fourth wave of amendments to Québec’s Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector(“Act”) will take effect. Arguably, the most important change it will introduce is...more

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Data Privacy Guide - Canada

Introduction - As a federal state with law-making powers shared between federal and provincial/territorial governments, Canada has both federal and provincial/territorial privacy laws that govern the private and public...more

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Privacy Authorities Press Platforms to Protect Publicly Posted Personal Information

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The Privacy Commissioner of Canada and other international data protection authorities recently issued a joint statement urging websites and social media platforms to do more to protect personal information from unlawful data...more

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Supreme Court of Canada Denies Leave to Appeal in Intrusion upon Seclusion Trilogy

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On July 13, 2023, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) denied leave to appeal from three Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) decisions declining to apply the tort of intrusion upon seclusion to database defendants—i.e., organizations...more

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Federal Court Dismisses Commissioner's Application In Facebook Privacy Case

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The Federal Court of Canada released a decision on April 14, 2023 in OPC v Facebook Inc.,2023 FCC 533 [Facebook], dismissing the Privacy Commissioner's application against Facebook (now Meta Platforms, Inc.) stemming from...more

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Bill C-26: Introducing Canada’s Critical Cyber Systems Protection Act

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On June 14, 2022, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-26, An Act Respecting Cyber Security which, among other things, seeks to enact the Critical Cyber Systems Protection Act (“CCSPA”). The “Backgrounder” that...more

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Privacy Reforms Now Back Along with New AI Regulation

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Understanding the Draft of the Consumer Privacy Protection Act and Artificial Intelligence and Data Act - On June 16, 2022, the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022 (DCIA) was introduced as Bill C-27. The DCIA will...more

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Québec Ushers in a Brave New World of Privacy

The Québec National Assembly has passed and the Lieutenant-Governor has assented to Bill 64, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information (Act). The Act, which became law on...more

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Canada Introduces the Consumer Privacy Protection Act

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On November 17, 2020, the Canadian House of Commons introduced the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020 (“DCIA”), which includes the Consumer Privacy Protection Act (“CPPA”), a privacy focused arm of the legislation. The...more

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Expect Increased Privacy Regulatory Enforcement in 2020

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2020 is shaping up to be a significant year for regulation of privacy issues, with two significant events taking place so far this year. In early February, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) commenced an action...more

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Review of Artificial Intelligence May Result in Significant Changes to PIPEDA

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Foreshadowing potential significant changes to the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) is currently seeking input from...more

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What Canadian Businesses Need to Know about the California Consumer Protection Act

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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