Companies Beware, Canada Breach Notice Mandate on Horizon

Companies doing business in Canada should prepare now for a new data breach notice requirement, even though rules won’t be implemented for months and may include a transition period, privacy attorneys told Bloomberg BNA.

Draft regulations to implement the data breach reporting requirements set forth in amendments to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) are expected to be published “in the coming months,” Hans Parmar, a spokesman for Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada (ISED), which is responsible for developing the regulations, said. No deadline for issuing final rules has been set. he said. A transition period ...