Privacy Legislation Round-up and Forecasts for the Future
Update: 2025-04-15
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In this episode, Danielle Miller Olofsson and David Elder join Rachel Zuroff to discuss recent and upcoming developments in privacy and data protection laws. First up are some major legislative changes in Québec, including the introduction of the mobility right in Law 25 and the Regulation respecting the anonymization of personal information. The discussion also touches on Québec’s new personal health information legislation and the Act to establish a legal framework for information technology. Shifting to the federal level, David Elder provides insights into key privacy reforms, including the status of bills C-26 (Critical Cyber Systems Protection Act) and C-27 (replacing PIPEDA, among other things) in light of the prorogation of Parliament, and discusses the implications of these changes for businesses, together with new and proposed Alberta privacy legislation. The episode concludes with predictions for future developments in privacy laws and a discussion of their pros and cons.
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