PIPEDA Reimagined – Federal Privacy Law Modernization, Take Two

In its ongoing quest to update Canadian federal private sector privacy law, the federal government recently introduced the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022¹ (Bill C-27) in the House of Commons, revisiting many aspects of its predecessor, Bill C-11, a bill that was introduced in 2020 but died on the order paper upon the dissolution of Parliament in 2021.

If enacted, Bill C-27 would:

• Create the Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA), replacing Part 1 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA),² Canada's current private sector privacy law.
• Create the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act (PIDPTA), which would establish a tribunal that would hear the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's (OPC's) recommendations on administrative monetary penalties and appeals from certain inquiry findings and compliance orders of the OPC.