Canada:
International Privacy – 2013 Year in Review – Canada
06 January 2014
BakerHostetler
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This fall, Canadian Parliament failed to pass proposed
amendments to its federal privacy law that would impose a mandatory breach notification requirement. Bill
C-12, originally introduced in 2010 and reintroduced in 2011, seeks
to amend Canada's Personal Information Protection and
Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) to include breach notification
obligations for companies doing business in Canada.
On December 2, 2013, Canada's federal privacy commissioner
of the past ten years, Jennifer Stoddart, stepped down from her position. Some have
speculated that any new commissioner, when appointed, might renew
the push for a mandatory breach notification requirement in 2014
and other reforms of Canada's data privacy regime, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic
Documents Act (PIPEDA).
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