Federal Privacy Commissioner launches new online privacy breach risk self-assessment tool

Law Society – Bite Size video – cloud computing guide

Ontario IPC commissions report on workplace surveillance technologies

Australian IPC releases new Privacy Basics e-Learning module

Watch Law Society video-Cyber Breaches through Third Parties

Australia’s privacy commissioner publishes its Digital ID regulatory strategy

5 takeaways from the Lifelabs case

Put Privacy First – Privacy Commissioner of Canada speaks about privacy risk mitigation.

Learn more about The Power of PETs: Privacy Enhancing Technologies during a panel discussion hosted by The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario.

BC Commissioner issues report on how municipalities make records available. For more information check out the full news release, fact sheet, guidance document and video.

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March 12, 2025 - Julie Ursu, Manager of Communication

What Have We Done?

In a world where I am older than the official birth of the internet and technology moves faster than I can…it can be a challenge keeping up to date on emerging website trends. Anyone who works in this office knows that when we have an idea (or have an idea given to us) we make... read more

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March 3, 2025 - Megan Borland, Analyst

AI’s Double-Edged Sword: Balancing Innovation and Privacy of Information

Canada enacted the first federal privacy protection in 1977 as part of Part IV of the Canadian Human Rights Act. The right to privacy was further supported in the enactment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982 and when the federal Privacy Act and Access to Information Act were proclaimed in 1983.... read more

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February 26, 2025 - Rick Yachiw, Director of Compliance

Best Practices for Administrative Tribunals

The article, On the Road to Fairness: Redesigning Saskatchewan’s Administrative Tribunal System, discusses the role of administrative tribunals that help resolve disputes “between citizen and State.” Administrative tribunals “review a broad range of government decisions” and may play a regulatory or adjudicative function. In Saskatchewan, they serve as an extension “of the executive branch of... read more

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February 5, 2025 - Ron Kruzeniski, Information and Privacy Commissioner

“Top of Mind” Webinar

My office hosted a webinar on January 31, 2025. We called it “Top of Mind” Webinar. We had invited four Privacy Commissioners from across Canada to talk about what most concerned them when it came to data privacy, and we asked them to predict what would be the “big” privacy issues in 2025. My office... read more

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