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ARTICLE · 16 OCTOBER 2018

If You Don't Know Why November 1 Is A Big Day In Canada, Read This!

Like many organizations in Canada, yours is probably not fully prepared for the mandatory breach reporting requirements coming into force under the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) November 1, 2018.

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Like many organizations in Canada, yours is probably not fully prepared for the mandatory breach reporting requirements coming into force under the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) November 1, 2018.

Here are three measures your organization ought to take in preparation for mandatory breach reporting:

1. Implement internal breach reporting and response protocols.

Organizations subject to PIPEDA will be required to separately report to individuals and to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada breaches of "security safeguards" involving personal information that pose "a real risk of significant harm" to individuals.

It is likely few employees in an organization will know about this requirement, or understand what sort of breach must be reported. Due diligence requires organizations to have a breach reporting procedure in place, and training on it, to ensure information concerning a breach can be handled

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