Setup of tribunal for privacy complaints could delay levying of fines, says watchdog

The establishment of an administrative tribunal could ‘encourage’ companies to pursue that as an avenue of redress, instead of first trying to comply with the privacy commissioner’s findings, the watchdog says.
Federal Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien, pictured in 2019, says changes proposed in a bill that is currently at second reading in the House outline responsibilities of his office that appear to be ‘non-discretionary’ in nature.
The creation of an “additional layer” of oversight proposed in the government’s privacy bill could lead to a “very protracted process” in handing out fines to organizations that have breached Canada’s privacy laws, says the federal watchdog. 

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