In my last blog, published on December 19, I speculated about
whether privacy law is about to change and promised to write more
about it. My speculation was sparked by the 2018-2019 Annual Report
to Parliament made by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
Well worth studying, by the way. It's well-written and pulls
no punches.
I mentioned that the themes of the report include substantially
enhancing the power of the federal Privacy Commissioner and
amending PIPEDA to make it clear that privacy is a
"fundamental human right" that ought to be regarded as
part of Canada's constitution.
Here's a bit more about this excellent report:
In his introductory remarks – something like a covering
letter for the report itself – Federal Privacy Commissioner
Daniel Therrien made quite a few interesting statements:
