by Dana Siddle, Daniel G.C. Glover, Colton Dennis - McCarthy Tetrault

As part of our blog series on the proposed changes to Canada’s private sector privacy laws, this post examines the proposed consent rules under the new regime for processing personal information.

As noted previously, Canada’s private sector privacy laws will change with the introduction of Bill C-11. Named the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020, Bill C-11 seeks to modernize Canadian privacy legislation through the introduction of two acts: the Consumer Privacy Protection Act (“CPPA”) and the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act, which would create a new enforcement tribunal.