The Privacy & Access Council of Canada, along with more than 65 other leading Canadian individuals and organizations, has endorsed an open letter urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to withdraw the deeply flawed, anti-privacy Bill C-2, the Strong Borders Act. The Strong Borders Act opens the door to unprecedented surveillance and cross-border data sharing. Its sweeping … [Read more...] about PACC Joins the Call to Withdraw Bill C-2
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Transparency Performance Indicators
After years of work, the Kantara Initiative Anchored Notice and Consent Work Group has published as Kantara Recommendation "Transparency Performance Indicators". The indicators — TPIs — measure the transparency of PII Controllers (as required by the Council of Europe 108+, GDPR, Quebec Law 25, and others) and map them to open international standards including the ISO/IEC 29100 … [Read more...] about Transparency Performance Indicators
Canada’s Children’s Privacy Code
The Privacy and Access Council of Canada (PACC) is pleased to have contributed to the Joint Submission to Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) in response to its Exploratory Consultation regarding the development of a Children’s Privacy Code. We welcome the OPC’s leadership in developing a children’s privacy code that extends online protections to all children … [Read more...] about Canada’s Children’s Privacy Code
International Day for Universal Access to Information 2025
The 2025 International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI), hosted by UNESCO and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, will take place in Manila on 29–30 September 2025. This landmark event marks the 10th anniversary of the designation of 28 September as the International Day for Universal Access to Information, reflecting a decade of progress and … [Read more...] about International Day for Universal Access to Information 2025
Boundless boundaries of the Strong Borders Act
Days before Parliament recessed for the summer, the Government of Canada introduced the Strong Borders Act, ostensibly to increase security of the Canada/US border and help stem the flow of fentanyl and other contraband. The proposed law does “more to expand the state’s power to access private data in Canada than any law in the past decade” and will have … [Read more...] about Boundless boundaries of the Strong Borders Act
Making children the centre of privacy protections
The OAIC is asking children, young people and parents to share how children’s privacy can be better protected online. Listening to children, young people and parents is crucial to make sure the Children’s Online Privacy Code responds to their needs and experiences. The code will be a set of rules specifying how online services such as social media, messaging apps and cloud … [Read more...] about Making children the centre of privacy protections
