Cybersecurity And Privacy In Canada: What You Need To Know About Bill C-27

The protection of privacy, cybersecurity, and the management of artificial intelligence are issues of growing importance to citizens. In response, the federal government tabled Bills C-26 and C-27 on June 14 and 16, 2022.

In our last article, we provided an overview of the new obligations specific to Bill C-26, An Act respecting cybersecurity, to amend the Telecommunications Act and to make consequential amendments to other acts.As a follow up, we discuss below Bill C-27, An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts (Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022) (the "Bill")