Canada: Data Protection

In the wake of the recently announced Canadian AI strategy, Mark Carney’s Liberal government is beginning to lay the groundwork for a regulatory framework designed to build and maintain public trust.

Le gouvernement du Canada a publié sa stratégie nationale en matière d'intelligence artificielle intitulée "L'IA pour tous", établissant un cadre pour l'adoption future de lois et règlements visant à traiter des risques spécifiques découlant de l'IA.

Canada's federal government has introduced Bill C-36, marking a significant departure from its predecessor Bill C-27 by unbundling AI regulation from privacy reform and establishing a new regulatory framework centered...

Canada's federal government has introduced Bill C-36, the Protecting Privacy and Consumer Data Act, establishing a new Digital Safety and Data Protection Commission and fundamentally reshaping the country's private-sector privacy framework.

In May 2026, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (the “OPC“) and its provincial counterparts, together with the Quebec privacy regulator (the Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec or the “CAI“), published their findings following a joint investigation into certain data collection and processing practices of OpenAI OpCo, LLC (“OpenAI“).

Canada's AI for All strategy abandons the proposed Artificial Intelligence and Data Act in favor of a distributed governance model combining targeted legal reform, public investment, and existing frameworks. This shift creates immediate compliance implications for Canadian businesses operating across privacy law, human rights legislation, and sector-specific regulation, while positioning the country between the EU's prescriptive approach and the U.S.'s deregulatory stance.

Les tribunaux canadiens adoptent une approche de plus en plus restrictive envers les actions collectives pour incidents de confidentialité, particulièrement en Ontario et en Alberta, tandis que de nouvelles tendances...

Customer contracts are about expectation management. They define what is being delivered, what is being paid, how data is handled, and what happens when reality does not align with the plan.

The Communications and Digital Committee of the United Kingdom House of Lords recently released its fourth report, AI, Copyright and the Creative Industries, as part of its ongoing inquiry into the interaction...