The privacy officer’s changing role in the age of innovation and AI
Key takeaways The privacy officer’s role has evolved from compliance to being a strategic…
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Cybersecurity
Ontario’s New Privacy Impact Assessment Requirements: What You Need to Know
November 2025, A Major Shift in Privacy Compliance If your organization is a provincial…
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Data Breaches
Canadian Tire says under 150,000 customers affected by data breach
Canadian Tire has confirmed that the personal information of some customers was impacted in…
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Surveillance
Pay or ok? Why Europe’s data watchdogs must reject “forced consent”
Europe’s data watchdogs already have all the evidence they need to reject Pay or…
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Privacy by Design
Canada
Canada’s Privacy Landscape in 2026: A Gap in Strategy between the “Aspiration of Policy” and the “Reality of Business”
Year-End Evaluation for Business Owners By Derek Lackey, Managing Director, Newport Thomson Introduction The…
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USA
Analyzing the CCPA’s New Risk Assessment Requirement
Key point: Businesses subject to the CCPA now must conduct risk assessments for certain…
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Enforcement
Understanding the Dutch Approach to GDPR Fines: Why Canadian Companies Need to Pay Attention
⚠️ IMPORTANT UPDATE This article accurately describes the Dutch AP’s pioneering 2019 fining structure, which…
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Artificial Intelligence
Cookies
- May 2025May 16, 2025
EU ruling: tracking-based advertising by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, across Europe has no legal basis
Landmark court decision against “TCF” consent pop ups on 80% of the internet 14 May 2025 (Updated…
- Oct 2023October 16, 2023
Cookie consent: 5 harmful designs from UK Regulators’ guidance
The UK’s data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), and consumer protection regulator, the Competition and Markets…
- Mar 2022March 3, 2022
Cookies and similar Technologies in the province of Quebec
This article has been published as a Guidance Notee on OneTrust Data Guidance platform in December…




































