Privacy
Submission of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on Bill C-11, the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020
May 11, 2021 Mr. Chris Warkentin, M.P. Chair, Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Sixth Floor, 131 Queen Street House of Commons Ottawa ON K1A 0A6 Dear Mr. Chair: Subject: Submission on C-11 Further to my appearance before you on May 10, 2021, please find enclosed our submission…
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Responsible data practices must minimize negative impacts. Key data policy issues will influence how all sectors of society will interact with data in the fast-evolving future of technology. Given this changing landscape, experts weigh in on the data policy topics top of mind for them right now. There is untapped…
Read More »Less than 100 days before SA’s strict new privacy rules. Here’s how it will affect you
South African businesses must comply with the new rules of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) by the start of July – or face jail time and fines. The new rules should mean much less spam and robocalls because companies will need your permission to contact you. All businesses,…
Read More »New Virginia Consumer Privacy Law Adds Data Rights, Creates New Requirements for Data Controllers
Virginia is the latest state to adopt a consumer privacy law, with the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) signed by the governor in early March. The bill adopts some of the terms seen in the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), most notably regarding the collection of sensitive personal data…
Read More »These states are on track to pass data privacy laws this year
Over the last decade there has been a reckoning over how digital companies collect personal data, what they do with it, and whether or not they’re capable of protecting it. Online data collection is still not regulated at the federal level in the U.S. But states are slowly embracing policies…
Read More »Privacy: The Real Issue
Talking to a friend today, they had no idea their personal information is constantly being exposed. As a privacy advocate, I need to educate more. I’m alarmed and terrified at the data collected by the social media giants under the guise of providing you with “more relevant ads”. People need…
Read More »Facebook Investor Probing $5 Billion Privacy Payout Gets a Boost
Facebook Inc. lost a fight to withhold records in an investor lawsuit probing whether the company overpaid in a record $5 billion settlement with a government regulator in 2019 to protect founder Mark Zuckerberg in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. A Delaware judge ruled Wednesday that Facebook must furnish some…
Read More »Canada’s privacy gamble
Canada’s new privacy bill, introduced on November 17, 2020, remedies some of the blatant flaws of the current regime, not least of which is the ombudsman model of privacy protection, and what evolved over the years into an often baroque structure. But the question we must ask ourselves is whether…
Read More »Clearview AI’s unlawful practices represented mass surveillance of Canadians, commissioners say
February 3, 2021 – Technology company Clearview AI’s scraping of billions of images of people from across the Internet represented mass surveillance and was a clear violation of the privacy rights of Canadians, an investigation has found. The joint investigation by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, the Commission…
Read More »10 reasons why Privacy is now a Priority
#1 It’s the Law – Changes in the privacy landscape is increasing. The EU GDPR was the first major change which was followed by California’s CCPA, Brazil’s LGDP, Canada’s Bill C-11 and the list continues. On a global scale, new privacy laws and requirements are being developed to provide further guidance around valid…
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Schrems II Judgment Day
The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU“) issued its judgment today in …
