As the exclusive PrivacyRules member firm for the Canadian Jurisdiction, McMillan LLP’s experts Kristen Pennington and Mitch Koczerginski, Partners in the firm’s Privacy and Data Protection Group, provide us with an overview of the proposed Bill C-27, also known as the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022.
The chart completed its second reading in Canada’s House of Commons, bringing Canada one step closer to privacy law reform. If passed, the Act will result in material changes to Canada’s federal private sector privacy legislation and require a number of significant adjustments to the way organizations handle and manage personal information. Also, the law configures potential high penalties for non-compliance.
This espresso will simply provide you with just a bite of this news, if you’re hungry to know more, please register to the McMillan-related webinar taking place on Thursday 18 May at 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET
The program also qualifies for up to 1.5 hours of Substantive CPD in Ontario, 1.5 hours of CPD in BC and 1.5 hours of CLE in Quebec.