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IN November, the federal government tabled privacy legis-
lation that would impose heavier fines on businesses for
breaching individuals' digital privacy rights and give individ-
uals greater control over their personal information.
e Digital Charter Implementation Act proposes the
most significant changes to privacy legislation in a decade. e
act will, if passed, enact two new acts: the Consumer Privacy
Protection Act and the Personal Information and Data
Protection Tribunal Act, as well as amend some other acts.
e proposed legislation is part of a trend toward over-
hauling privacy legislation. Bill C-11, the federal legislation,
was introduced four months aer Quebec "introduced just
as dramatic if not more dramatic amendments [in Bill 64] to
the Quebec privacy legislation that's been in place since 1993,"
CANADA OVERHAULS
DIGITAL LAWS
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S
PROPOSED LEGISLATION
IS 'A BOON' TO PRIVACY
PROTECTION, BUT COMPANIES
WILL ALSO HAVE TO GRAPPLE
WITH POTENTIALLY MASSIVE
PENALTIES AND CHANGING
HOW THEY PROCESS
PERSONAL INFORMATION
"Canada is arguably
a bit slower than
Europe . . . in
modernizing its
privacy laws, [but]
it's sorely needed."
Daniel Fabiano
FASKEN MARTINEAU
DUMOULIN LLP
