Statute
PIPEDA
42 published works
Financial Services Perspectives
Canadian Confidential: Mandatory Data Breach Notifications under PIPEDA
By Bradley
While businesses and consumers were all agog to see the latest variation of the California Consumer Privacy Act passed earlier this year, Canada quietly introduced its latest permutation to the…
Louisiana Law Blog
New Canadian Breach Notification and Reporting Requirements are Now in Effect
Canada’s new data breach law, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”), became effective on November 1, 2018. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released new…
Focus on the Data
PIPEDA Data Breach Reporting is in Effect
By Lyric Kaplan
While new EU breach notification requirements have received significant media attention, closer to home are the data breach reporting obligations under Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), which…
Cleary Cybersecurity and Privacy Watch
New Mandatory Data Breach Reporting Requirements Become Effective for Companies Doing Business in Canada
By Alexis Collins, Adam Motiwala, John Lightbourne
On November 1, 2018, the Canadian Digital Privacy Act came into effect. The Act, passed on June 18, 2015, modified the data breach obligations for companies subject to the Personal…
Perkins on Privacy
Canada’s New Breach Regulations
Are you collecting, using or disclosing personal information (PI) of Canadian residents in the course of commercial activities? If so, you may be subject to Canada’s Breach of Security Safeguards Regulations(Regulations),…
Inside Privacy
Canadian Privacy Commissioner Releases Official Guidance as Data Breach Law Takes Effect
Canada’s new data breach law, The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”), took effect on November 1. Official guidance released by the country’s Privacy Commissioner explains a few of…
CyberAdviser
Mandatory Data Breach Notification in Canada: Understanding Your New Obligations
By Philip N. Yannella, Kristen Poetzel Ricci
On April 18, 2018, the Government of Canada published the final regulations relating to mandatory reporting of privacy breaches under Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”). To…
Data Counsel
The Weekly Privacy Rewind
By Aaron Lancaster, Julie Hein
Canada Data Breach Notification Provisions of PIPEDA Act Go Into Effect Nov. 1, 2018 • Pursuant to a March 26, 2018 Order in Council, the mandatory breach notification provisions of…
Privacy and Cybersecurity Perspectives
Canada’s Data Breach Notification Law Goes Into Effect November 1, 2018
By Brad Davis*
The Cabinet in Ottawa quietly proclaimed on March 26, 2018 that the official implementation date for Canada’s much-needed and long-awaited mandatory data breach notification laws will be November 1, 2018.…
Data Protection Report
Draft mandatory data breach reporting regulations released for comment in Canada
On September 2, 2017, the Government of Canada published proposed new regulations in the Canada Gazette, which set out specifics regarding the mandatory data breach reporting requirements under the Personal…