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The unexpected effect of the introduction of mandatory breach notification requirements in Québec

Since September 22, 2022, organizations doing business in Québec have to report any confidentiality incidents (i.e., privacy breaches) that cause a risk of serious injury, due to the partial entry into force of An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information (formerly known as “Bill 64”).

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The Digital Implementation Act: problems and criticisms – appropriate purposes

Canada is planning to revamp its comprehensive privacy law by repealing the existing comprehensive privacy law, PIPEDA, and by enacting Bill C-27, the Digital Implementation Act (“DIA”) to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA), Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act (PIDTA), and Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA).

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A Canadian perspective on regulating dark patterns

When do commonplace Internet advertising “nudge” techniques cross the line into inappropriate manipulation? Regulators now have a new source of Internet harm in their crosshairs: so called “dark patterns.”

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