October 21, 2021

Episode 11: Reinterpreting Canadian Privacy Law - David Fraser On Cross-Border Data Transfers, the Right to De-Index, and the Facebook Investigation

35 minutes

Daniel Therrien, the Privacy Commissioner in Canada, is in the courts battling Google over a right to de-index. He’s calling for order making after Facebook declined to abide by his recommendations. And he’s embarked on a dramatic re-interpretation of the law premised on incorporating new consent requirements into cross-border data transfers. David Fraser, one of Canada’s leading privacy experts, joins the podcast to provide an update on the recent Canadian privacy law developments and their implications.

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Credits:

CBC, Privacy Commissioners Say Canada Has a Lot of Catching Up To Do

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, PIPEDA and Your Business

CNBC, Everything You Need to Know About a New EU Data Law That Could Shake Up Big US Tech

CTV News

CBC News, Facebook Broke Privacy Laws, Watchdogs Report

Transcript:

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Michael Geist:

This is LawBytes, a podcast with Michael Geist

Michael McEvoy:

Canada is far far behind I think many jurisdictions. Europe certainly the United States doesn’t have comprehensive privacy legislation by any means but through the Federal Trade Commission there is some element of regulation of privacy and obviously we’ve seen that with the latest investigation of Facebook. Canada has a lot of catching up to do in this regard both at a federal and provincial level.

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