Proposed Canadian Legislation Seeks To Strengthen Data Protection Laws And Regulate Artificial Intelligence Systems

The Canadian government recently introduced the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022 (C-27) (the Act), a bill designed to bolster Canada's privacy and data protection legal framework and regulate artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The Act expands upon its predecessor draft bill introduced in 2020 (C-11) and is comprised of three proposed statutes:

• the Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA), which would repeal and replace sections of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA);
• the Personal Information Data Protection Tribunal Act (Tribunal Act), which would create an administrative tribunal that, among other things, can review decisions made by the Privacy Commissioner (the Commissioner) regarding violations of the CPPA; and