OPC's Key Recommendations On Bill C-27 To Enhance Privacy Protections

Following its second reading, Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022, has been referred to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology (the "Standing Committee"). Bill C-27 would repeal the current federal privacy law, Part I of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), and enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA), the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act (PIDPTA), and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA).

In May, the Standing Committee published the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's submission to parliamentary debates on federal privacy.¹ The Office of the Privacy Commissioer (OPC) has stated that Bill C-27 brings needed modernization to privacy and in many ways is an improvement over PIPEDA and Bill C-11, the federal government's prior attempt at privacy reform.