L’année 2023 a été marquée par d’importants changements dans le droit canadien de la protection de la vie privée et des données. Comme nous l’avons fait les années précédentes, nous soulignons la Journée de la protection des...more
2023 was a year of significant change for Canadian privacy and data protection law. As in previous years, to mark Data Privacy Day, we’ve summarized the most important developments from the previous year and provide a look...more
In late 2021, the Quebec legislature passed “The Privacy Legislation Modernization Act” or Law No. 25 (“Law 25”), which was designed to modernize and make significant changes to Quebec’s existing privacy framework....more
Jurisdictions across the globe are implementing their own unique take on data privacy legislation, and Canada’s Quebec province is no exception. Read on to learn all about what makes this law unique and how you can comply....more
Earlier this year, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) revised its guideline, Privacy in the Workplace, which addresses employee rights and workplace obligations with respect to employee personal...more
Recent findings by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (“OPC”) found that Home Depot of Canada Inc. (“Home Depot”) did not obtain valid meaningful consent to share summary purchase information with Meta Platforms...more
Le 22 septembre 2022, la première série de modifications prévues par le projet de loi no 64, Loi modernisant des dispositions législatives en matière de protection des renseignements personnels, visant les lois québécoises...more
On September 22, 2022, the first set of amendments from Bill 64, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information, to Quebec’s Act respecting the protection of personal information...more
On June 16, 2022, the government of Canada tabled a bill that would make significant changes to privacy laws impacting employers in the federal jurisdiction. The new legislation, the Digital Charter Implementation Act (Bill...more
How will the Reform affect companies' privacy practices? What are the main differences between the Act and PIPEDA? - On September 21, 2021, the National Assembly adopted Bill 64, an Act to modernize legislative provisions...more
Bill 64 largely tracks with already existing privacy regulations in other jurisdictions and will take effect over the course of the next three years, with some provisions taking effect in September 2022. On September 21...more
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
On November 17, 2020, the Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry introduced Bill C-11, the Digital Charter Implementation Act, which proposes a new privacy law called the Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA)....more
The DCIA was introduced on November 17, 2020, to replace Canada’s current national privacy law for the private sector, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). PIPEDA came into force in...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
Introduction - On November 17, 2020, Canada’s federal government introduced a bill to enact new legislation that would strengthen protections for individuals from privacy loss due to the failures and limitations of corporate...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