Moving from a Commissioner to a Commission for Privacy Governance – Comparing Canada's Bill C-36 with Recent Changes in the UK

One of the most significant changes to Canadian privacy law proposed in Bill C-36 – a bill to reform Canada’s aged Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) – is the shift from oversight by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (PCC) who is an independent agent of Parliament to a Commission model where policy/guidance, oversight, and enforcement functions are divided…