Yet more legislative reform may be on the horizon in Canada, as Ontario's Ministry of Government and Consumer Services ("MGCS") launched a privacy consultation today with the goal of creating a legislative framework for privacy in the private sector.
As part of the consultation, the MGCS is seeking input on the following privacy-related topics and ideas for reform:
- Enforcement powers for the Information and Privacy Commissioner, including giving the commissioner the ability to impose penalties;
- Consent provisions allowing individuals to revoke consent at any time, including an "opt-in" model for secondary uses of their information;
- Introducing individual data portability and data deletion rights;
- Requirements for data that has been de-identified and derived from personal information; and
- Enabling the establishment of data trusts for privacy protective data sharing.
The deadline for written submissions is October 1, 2020.