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RSS FeedsOttawa considers giving privacy watchdog more power to protect Canadians´ rights
(The Star Canada)

 
 

22 may 2019 11:54:46

 
Ottawa considers giving privacy watchdog more power to protect Canadians´ rights
(The Star Canada)
 


OTTAWA—The federal government says Canada’s privacy watchdog should finally get real teeth.The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada should have limited order-making power to stop private companies from violating Canadians’ privacy rights, and the ability to levy more substantial fines against companies failing to comply with the law.That’s according to a new policy paper released Tuesday by the Innovation, Science and Economic Development department on how to modernize Canada’s private sector privacy laws (PIPEDA).“The current state of affairs cannot continue,” the document reads, citing a “lack of consequences” for “egregious” privacy violations.“There is a growing view that the ombudsman model and enforcement of PIPEDA, which relies largely on recommendations … is outdated and does not incentivize compliance.”“Meaningful but reasoned enforcement is required to ensure that there are real consequences when the law is not followed.”Read more:New ‘digital charter’ to emphasize Canadians’ control over personal dataAs tech giants grow ever more powerful, Canada and others are under pressure to actFreeland says today’s big tech firms are like the monopolies of a century agoWhile the government finds the “current state of affairs” intolerable, it’s likely to continue for some time. The policy paper is just that — suggestions that are meant to inform future laws and regulations.It doesn’t commit Ottawa to immediate action, meaning it will be up to the next parliament to take up the cause.“(The Liberals) have ignored numerous opportunities to bring these reasonable steps forward. So is it going to happen? Not in the life of this parliament,” said NDP MP Charlie Angus in an interview Tuesday, calling it a strong policy paper “for 2015.” “I think that’s highly problematic … T ...


 
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