Canada's Competition Bureau is making a shift towards
enforcement in aspects of the digital economy. One way it is
refocusing its work relates to policing false or misleading
statements about the type of data organizations collect, why they
collect it, and how they will use, maintain and erase it. The
Bureau has substantial enforcement powers under the Competition
Act to levy significant fines and penalties for deceptive
online practices.
In an address to the Canadian Institute 26th
Annual Advertising and Marketing Law Conference, the Bureau's
Deputy Commissioner, Deceptive Marketing Practices Directorate, set
out enforcement priorities and noted that "dishonest
information about data privacy rank high on the list of
concerns" and explained:
