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Canada’s Children’s Privacy Code

05/Aug/2025

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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

Report: Central Bank Digital Currency: What it is and how it could impact privacy, security, and anonymity

17/Mar/2025

CBDC report

A newly released report examines how the adoption of a central bank digital currency in Canada could undermine the rights and freedoms of Canadians.  Produced by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms in collaboration with Sharon Polsky MAPP, President of the Privacy & Access Council of Canada, the report, “Central Bank Digital Currency? What it is and how it … [Read more...] about Report: Central Bank Digital Currency: What it is and how it could impact privacy, security, and anonymity

PACC testifies on the Oversight of Social Media Platforms to Ensure Privacy and Safety Online

08/Dec/2024

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The House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI), undertook a study of social media platform practices, to understand the risk from data harvesting and unethical or iIllicit sharing of personal information. The Committee had a particular focus on TikTok, which was explicitly mentioned in the motion that led to the study, and which the … [Read more...] about PACC testifies on the Oversight of Social Media Platforms to Ensure Privacy and Safety Online

Canadian privacy regulators pass resolution to address privacy-related harms resulting from deceptive design patterns

13/Nov/2024

Privacy regulators from across Canada have issued a joint resolution calling on public and private sector organizations to avoid platform designs and practices that would influence, manipulate, or coerce users into making decisions that go against their privacy interests and to ensure that users can make informed privacy decisions. Passed at their October annual meeting, … [Read more...] about Canadian privacy regulators pass resolution to address privacy-related harms resulting from deceptive design patterns

Consent is About More Than Sex

16/Sep/2024

Consent Awareness Week is September 16 to 20, 2024

Consent Awareness Week — September 16 to 20, 2024 — is a time to reflect on the devastating impact that gender-based and sexualized violence has on its victims.  A Canadian Women’s Foundation study reveals an increase in understanding of consent from 2015. Sadly, the results also show that only 28 per cent of Canadians fully understanding what it … [Read more...] about Consent is About More Than Sex

Employees as Risks

28/Aug/2024

Employees as Risks

A new report from public-interest researcher Wolfie Christl explores today's cybersecurity, insider threat detection and compliance tech that let employers monitor everything employees do or say, rank them by risk and identify 'anomalous' behavior. The 76-page report — "Employees as Risks" — which focuses on software from Forcepoint/Everfox and Microsoft, is a case study on … [Read more...] about Employees as Risks

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