We have commented before in The Sensor on the general privacy and data protection implications for the connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) ecosystem. In his recent article, Max Jarvie returns to consider those implications in relation to recent developments in the world of CAV big data. The Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC) researches how edge network architectures could […] Read more
À la suite de la présentation par le ministre de l’Innovation, des Sciences et de l’Industrie de la réforme sur la protection de la vie privée au Canada, la Chaire L.R. Wilson en collaboration avec d’autres institutions universitaires telles l’OBVIA et le Centre de recherche en droit, technologie et société vous invitent à une table […] Read more
Le 17 novembre, le gouvernement fédéral a présenté la Loi de mise en œuvre de la Charte du numérique (projet de loi C-11), qui propose de moderniser le cadre de protection des renseignements personnels dans le secteur privé. Le projet de loi remplacera notamment les dispositions portant sur la protection de la vie privée de […] Read more
On November 17, the Federal Government introduced the Digital Charter Implementation Act (Bill C-11), which proposes to modernize Canada’s private sector privacy framework. The Bill will notably replace PIPEDA’s privacy provisions, Canada’s current privacy law, with a newly enacted Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA), which could significantly impact businesses operating in the private sector. The […] Read more
Le 17 novembre 2020, le ministre de l’Innovation, des Sciences et de l’Industrie Navdeep Bains a présenté le projet de loi C-11, intitulé Loi édictant la Loi sur la protection de la vie privée des consommateurs et la Loi sur le Tribunal de la protection des renseignements personnels et des données et apportant des modifications corrélatives […] Read more
On November 17, 2020, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Navdeep Bains, introduced Bill C-11, An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act and the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts, or Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020. The proposal would modernize, and […] Read more
On Oct. 28, 2020, the federal privacy commissioner and its provincial counterparts in Alberta and British Columbia issued joint Report of Findings with respect to the information-handling practices of a property management company using anonymous video analytics (AVA) in order to generate demographic information about consumers in its shopping centres, in a purportedly anonymized and […] Read more
On June 30, 2020, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) released its Report of Findings on the information handling practices of the operator of RateMDs.com, a popular review website that allows users to rate health professionals for the benefit of other patients (RateMDs). The decision arose from a complaint filed by a dentist from British […] Read more
We have prepared a useful chart summarizing the special consultations and public hearings of the Committee on Institutions regarding Bill 64, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information (“Bill 64”), which were held in September 2020. The schedule of these hearings are found on the National Assembly’s website. In […] Read more
In a move of great significance to organizations doing business in Ontario, Ontario recently opened a consultation on private sector privacy regulation. It has invited input on a matter of legislative reform with potential consequences for the conduct of business in the province. As legal counsel to Ontario private sector businesses targeted by this initiative, we have […] Read more