Regulation Of Privacy In Ontario: One Step Closer

Organizations operating in Ontario may soon be subject to an entirely new provincial privacy regime that could impose substantial compliance obligations, and establish significant penalties for contravention of those obligations. 

On June 17, 2021, the Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services (Ontario) published a white paper titled "Modernizing Privacy in Ontario: Empowering Ontarians and Enabling the Digital Economy." Following a privacy reform consultation process (which we previously reported on in Ontario Promises to Create Canada's First Provincial Data Authority), Ontario has identified several key privacy issues and corresponding draft legislative language to address those issues. Ontario has called for submissions in response to its proposed legislative text.