Teresa Scassa - Blog

As part of my series on Bill C-27, I will be writing about both the proposed amendments to Canada’s private sector data protection law and the part of the Bill that will create a new Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA). So far, I have been writing about privacy, and my posts on consent, de-identification, data-for-good, and the right of erasure are already available. Posts on AIDA, will follow, although I still have a bit…

Bill C-27, which will amend Canada’s private sector data protection law, contains a right of erasure. In its basic form, this right allows individuals to ask an organization to dispose of the personal information it holds about them. It is sometimes referred to as the right to be forgotten, although the right to be forgotten has different dimensions that are not addressed in Bill C-27. Bill C-27’s predecessor, Bill C-11, had proposed a right of…