Reference to the CFA’s Advocacy Update from June 16, 2022

The bill which was tabled on Thursday proposes new rules to protect personal information and would give Canadians more control over how their personal data is used by commercial entities, impose fines for non-compliant organizations and introduce new rules for the use of artificial intelligence.

This is the first major update in this policy area since before the advent of Facebook, Twitter.

The proposed Consumer Privacy Protection Act establishes penalties of $25 million (US$19.4 million), or as much as 5 per cent of global revenue, whichever is greater, for companies that breach privacy rules. 

The bill will allow Canadians to move their information from one company to another securely and request that data be deleted. It will also limit the collection and usage of minors’ information and give the country’s privacy commissioner broad powers to order a company to stop collecting data or using personal information.

The legislation is part of the government’s Digital Charter Implementation Act and comes amid broader calls by several business groups to reform Canada’s privacy law to be more closely aligned with those of key trading partners, including the European Union.

They also tabled the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act to create a new court to enforce the privacy law, and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act to establish a new AI and data commissioner who will monitor company compliance to ensure technology is used responsibly.

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