Completing the Law 25 puzzle: insight into the right to data portability

Starting September 22, 2024, the final Law 25 amendments to the Act Respecting the Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector (the Québec Privacy Act) will expand individual access rights. Notably, individuals will have the right to request that an organization provide them with computerized personal information collected from them in a structured, commonly used technological format. Individuals also will be able to request that an organization provide this information to another person or organization authorized to collect the information.

Osler’s National Privacy and Data Management team have prepared a short publication to help organizations prepare for the last set of changes brought on by Law 25 by clarifying key aspects of this new data portability right while taking into account recent guidance issued by the Québec government on the equivalent right to data portability in the public sector and the Québec privacy regulator, the Commission d’accès à l’information (CAI), regarding this legislative change in the private sector.

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This content has been updated on October 2, 2024 at 11 h 44 min.