Bill C-11 was the gift that needed returning

In the end, the true test is this: if C-11 had become law, would privacy protections be stronger for people across Canada?

C-11 was inadequate to address the reality that 21^st century business models cast us as not just consumers but as the consumed. Stronger protections are required to ensure that data-driven innovation respects privacy rights, writes Brenda McPhail. Unsplash photograph by Matthew Henry

Opinion

BY BRENDA MCPHAIL

October 27, 2021

Sometimes a long-awaited gift that arrives wrapped in sparkly paper disappoints when it is opened. That is the case with Bill C-11, introduced in November 2020, which included the Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA). Pitched as an implementation of the privacy promises made in the Digital Charte...

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