With update to Canada’s privacy laws, feds are building a “super-regulator”

The federal government unveiled long-awaited reforms to Canada’s privacy laws today, handing authority previously held by Canada’s privacy commissioner to the as-of-yet-unestablished Canadian Digital Safety Commission (CDSC). The reforms were announced this afternoon in a technical briefing that came on the heels of Bill C-36. The bill, dubbed the Protecting Privacy and Consumer Data Act (PPCDA), was introduced to the House of Commons by Canada’s minister of innovation and technology, Evan Solom