On April 15, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation's ("APEC") Electronic Commerce Steering Group announced that Canada was accepted as the fourth member of the APEC's Cross-Border Privacy Rules System, joining the U.S., Mexico, and Japan. The privacy regime is designed to boost the protection of consumer data from security threats as data is transmitted around the Asia-Pacific region while cutting compliance costs for businesses.
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