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OPC expresses concern over privacy rights in government’s PIPEDA update

Briefs | 11/20/2020 2:31 pm EST

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has responded to the Liberal government’s proposed new privacy legislation for the private sector — while the office “welcomes” Bill C-11, it questioned the government’s decision to not use a “rights-based approach” for the new privacy rules. 

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