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Privacy commissioner seeks court order against Pornhub parent company 

| 03/03/2025 6:07 pm EST

Private rights of action could undermine privacy commissioner, MPs toldThe Office of the Privacy Commissioner is seeking an order from the Federal Court requiring the Montreal-based company behind Pornhub to ensure it obtains meaningful consent...

Privacy Commissioner investigating Elon Musk’s X platform

| 02/28/2025 5:24 pm EST

Philippe Dufresne, Canadian Privacy CommissionerCanada’s Privacy Commissioner is investigating the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne’s office will examine whether or not X is meeting its obligations under Canada’s Personal Information Protection and...

Federal Court of Appeal rules against Facebook in data collection, privacy dispute

Internet and Governance | 09/11/2024 4:38 pm EDT

Federal Court of Appeal rules against Facebook in data collection, privacy dispute.A Federal Court of Appeal judge has found that Facebook violated Canada’s private sector privacy law, known as PIPEDA, by failing to get “meaningful consent” from its...

Privacy Commissioner, FCC sign memorandum on telecom consumer privacy protection

Internet and Governance | 08/29/2024 3:16 pm EDT

Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne holds press conference in Ottawa on on Jan. 26, 2023The Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the United States Federal...

Watchdogs find deceptive privacy practices across majority of websites, apps studied

Internet and Governance | 07/10/2024 4:49 pm EDT

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27Deceptive design practices – meant to influence the privacy decisions of...

INDU debates necessity of privacy tribunal in Bill C-27

Internet and Governance | 05/24/2024 7:57 pm EDT

INDU debates necessity of privacy tribunal in Bill C-27During the House of Commons’ industry committee’s ongoing...

Industry Committee starts clause-by-clause study of C-27

Internet and Governance | 04/11/2024 7:36 pm EDT

ARIN asks Parliament to require ISPs to maintain Whois infoThe House of Commons industry committee continued its clause-by-clause...

Dufresne recommends changes to Digital Charter Act

Internet and Governance | 09/29/2023 5:45 pm EDT

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27The Privacy Commissioner of Canada is happy the government is open to altering the Digital Charter...

Dufresne releases annual privacy report to Parliament

Internet and Governance | 09/19/2023 2:21 pm EDT

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27The Privacy Commissioner is warning that artificial intelligence (AI) could have an impact on...

OPC appeals court Facebook decision 

Internet and Governance | 05/15/2023 3:31 pm EDT

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27The federal Office of the Privacy Commissioner has filed notice that it intends to appeal last month's...

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27

Internet and Governance | 05/12/2023 12:27 pm EDT

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27While calling it an "improvement" over both the current existing private-sector privacy law and a "step in the right direction", Canada's federal privacy watchdog has called for a number of changes to Bill C-27, or the Digital Charter Implementation Act.  Chief among the...

Dufresne pledges to continue Therrien’s work as Privacy Commissioner

Internet and Governance | 06/13/2022 3:54 pm EDT

Dufresne pledges to continue Therrien’s work as Privacy CommissionerIncoming Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne vowed to stay the course,...

Philippe Dufresne appointed Privacy Commissioner

telecom | 06/09/2022 2:19 pm EDT

Big telecoms fight calls for an ‘ISP tax’, pitch new OTT rulesPrime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Philippe Dufresne as Privacy Commissioner Wednesday. ...