Ontario's Ministry of Government and Consumer Services (MGCS) has invited the public's input about how private sector organizations should be able to collect, use, and disclose personal information, and to elicit input about how/whether to : Increase transparency for individuals, to provide Ontarians with more detail about how their information is being used by businesses … [Read more...] about Have Your Say to inform Ontario’s new privacy law
Legislation
EU-US Data Transfers: The Next Step
In the wake of the recent Court of Justice of the European Union "Schrems II" decision invalidating the EU/US Privacy Shield framework, the US Department of Commerce and the European Commission have initiated discussions to evaluate the potential for an enhanced EU-US Privacy Shield framework. Read the EU Commission Statement … [Read more...] about EU-US Data Transfers: The Next Step
Report: Public Interest Override
The Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner has released Investigation Report F2020-IR-01 that looks into the use of the “public interest override” provision (section 32) by public bodies under Alberta’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The report includes an analysis of the public interest override in Alberta, survey results of Alberta public bodies … [Read more...] about Report: Public Interest Override
CPRA will amend CCPA
The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) is a ballot initiative that, if passed in November, will significantly amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Among many changes is the requirement for businesses whose processing of personal information presents “significant risk to consumers’ privacy or security” to perform an annual cybersecurity audit and to … [Read more...] about CPRA will amend CCPA
The dangers of binary thinking and why we shouldn’t have to choose between our rights
The argument that our fundamental rights (access to information, privacy, health, security, freedom of expression) should automatically collide is not new or unique, but it has come up even more often since coronavirus started spreading. Read More … [Read more...] about The dangers of binary thinking and why we shouldn’t have to choose between our rights
