Canada's Privacy Commissioner welcomes efforts to modernize Privacy Act
( August 6, 2026, 16:44 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Canada’s Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne has provided his submission to the Treasury Board of Canada on the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s consultation on Privacy Act modernization. Dufresne expressed his support for the government’s efforts to prioritize the modernization of Canada’s federal public sector privacy law and indicated his support of many of the measures that are being proposed, including the recognition of privacy as a fundamental right and the inclusion of modern privacy principles to update the federal public sector privacy law.Statement follows in full. Also see attached file. ...
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