British Columbia Privacy Czar Recommends Reforms To Privacy Legislation

British Columbia's Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) recently recommended that B.C.'s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) be reformed to align it more closely with provincial, federal and international standards.

What you need to know

• The OIPC submitted its reform recommendations to the Special Committee, convened by the provincial legislature, to review PIPA as part of the statutory requirement to evaluate PIPA every six years.
• Among the OIPC's 12 recommendations are:
  • mandatory breach notification;
  • reforms to consent requirements;
  • enhanced data subject rights, including introducing data portability and automated decision-making requirements; and