Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
Government Punches Holes in Federal Privacy Legislation
Today, the Government introduced Bill C-29, an Act intended to update Canada's federal privacy protection statute, PIPEDA. While the Act introduces much overdue data breach notification requirements, it also adds several gaping holes into what is currently a strong and important consumer privacy protection statute. This is most problematic in light of the ever-increasing amount of personal information held by private organizations in the digitized world.
