Canada's privacy bill inadequate to fix entrenched issues, critics say

Article contentTORONTO — Canada’s existing privacy laws leave consumers and businesses exposed to misuses of data, mainly due to outdated rules and lack of enforcement ability for regulators, privacy commissioners and experts say, and a proposed new bill does not necessarily solve these issues. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government introduced Bill C-11 in November 2020, intended to modernize the oversight of data protection, but critics say it falls short of this goal. The bill has several hoops to pass through before it becomes law. Try refreshing your browser, or Canada's privacy bill inadequate to fix entrenched issues, critics say Back to videoCanada’s data privacy laws saw a significant update roughly 20 years ago. The dearth of action means that Canada is “seriously starting to fall behind” jurisdictions like Europe, which implemented a landmark set of privacy laws in 2018, Clayton said.