The proposed Consumer Privacy Protection Act (“CPPA”) is intended to replace the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. The current text of the CPPA introduces the new concept of “service providers,” and may require organizations to take a different approach to their vendor and service provider agreements.
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A majority of the updates to Québec’s private sector privacy law in Law 25, also known as Bill 64, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information (Bill 64), will come into force on September 22, 2023. Some provisions will come into effect on September 22, 2022. We have outlined a few of the significant upcoming changes ...
The Federal Court was asked to decide this question on a reference[1] in the course of an investigation by the Federal Privacy Commissioner. The big issue in the investigation is whether the Commissioner has the authority to order Google to de-index, or remove links, from searches for an individual’s name. This has become known as the “right to be forgotten.” In this ...
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (“OPC”) has now decided[1] that the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”) does not require organizations to obtain separate express consent for the transfer of personal information to service providers located outside of Canada.
The recent decision makes it clear, however ...
In an Announcement this week, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has put “on hold” any changes in approach for cross-border data flows of personal information, stating “its guidelines for processing personal data across borders will remain unchanged under the current law.”
What this means is the OPC does not interpret the Personal Information ...
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