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Discussions on Human Resources, Employment Law, Payroll and Internal Controls

Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, Ph.D.

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Ontario IPC seeks feedback for strategic priority setting

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) has recently invited stakeholders and the public to provide feedback regarding strategic priorities that it should focus on in order to respond to issues that Ontarians care most about in respect of access to information and privacy.

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Proposed Privacy Changes: Bill C-11

On November 17, 2020, Bill C-11, An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act and the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts (Bill C-11), received first reading in the House of Commons. Part 1 of Bill C-11 repeals Part 1 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and enacts the Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA) to protect the personal information of individuals while recognizing the need of organizations to collect, use or disclose personal information in the course of commercial activities.

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Commissioners’ joint investigation on use of facial recognition technology

On October 29, 2020, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada announced the findings of a joint investigation by Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta, and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia that examined whether the Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited was collecting and using personal information of visitors to its Canadian malls without valid consent using Anonymous Video Analytics technology installed in wayfinding directories and mobile device geolocation tracking technologies.

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