Published: December 18th, 2020
However, the chief privacy officer for one of the country’s biggest firms warned organizations not to be complacent.
“From an operational and implementation perspective that [18 months] has to be the bare minimum because there is so much to digest,” Deborah Evans of Rogers Communications said Thursday during a webinar sponsored by the Canadian branch of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. “Every time I read the legislation I come back to something new.”
The House of Commons and the Senate still have to debate the proposed Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA, also known as C-11), which can take months, before it is passed. Committee meetings haven’t been scheduled yet. So the 18 additional months before its provisions come into effect may seem like a lot of time.