"Made In Canada" – What Is Happening To Privacy By Design Under The CPPA?

"Privacy by Design" has long been understood as the "gold standard" of data protection and at the core of how to sustain privacy rights in the digital age. It is a concept that can be said to have been "made in Canada," developed by former Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner Dr Ann Cavoukian around and about 1997. It is seen as a way to balance commercial interests, as well as the promise of leveraging and processing 'big data', with the right to privacy, which, according to many, should be seen as fundamental human right, as discussed in a previous blog post. Bill C-11, An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act ("CPPA") and the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act (also known as the Digital Charter Implementation Act), is currently in its second reading in the House of Commons. It is Canada's first attempt since the coming-into-force of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act ("PIPEDA") over 15 years ago,