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Bill C-27: Federal privacy law reform re-introduced

On June 16, 2022, Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022, was introduced and received first reading in the House of Commons. Bill C-27 is in fact a second attempt at the overhaul of Canada’s federal privacy framework.

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All about data scraping

Recently, the topic of data scraping has been in the news. But what is it? How do people do it? Why would anyone want to do it? Are there any dangers associated with it? And what can be done to deal with it?

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Strategic priorities selected: Ontario IPC

As you may recall, I recently wrote about the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) seeking feedback for strategic priority setting for the next five years. I discussed the consultation paper, which included several potential strategic priorities that were being considered, along with some cross-cutting approaches that could be applied across all strategic priorities. In April 2021, the final report was released setting out the selected strategic priorities.

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