The Canadian Digital Privacy Act (Bill S-4): What it all means

The Canadian Digital Privacy Act (Bill S-4): What it all means Due to the CDPA every organization must rethink their data security policies & protection tools. Remaining compliant can save you against potential liabilites. How Privacy Laws Are Changing To Protect Personal Information Apr 05, 2019 Data Protected Canada | Insights | Linklaters

Some big changes are coming to Canada’s private-sector data privacy law, otherwise known as the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, or just PIPEDA for short.

Regulations made under this Act Designating the Minister of Justice and the President of the Treasury Board as Ministers for Purposes of Certain Sections of the Act (SI/83-109) Exempt Personal Information Bank Order, No. 13 (RCMP) (SOR/90-149) Privacy Act Privacy Act. The Privacy Act is federal legislation that protects the personal information of Canadians in the hands of federal public sector institutions.

The purpose of this Act is "to establish an era in which technology increasingly facilitates the circulation and exchange of information, rules to govern the collection, use and disclosure of personal information in a manner that recognizes that right of privacy of individuals with respect to their personal information and the need of organizations to collect, use or disclose personal information for purposes that a reasonable person would consider appropriate in the circumstances."

May 01, 2020 SC 2015, c 32 | Digital Privacy Act | CanLII