IAB Canada Privacy Update

An update on key IAB Canada privacy initiatives including work being done in Europe and the US, as well as themes and developments in Canada in the privacy and regulatory arena. To view the deck, please click here.  …

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California Consumer Privacy Act

Response from US advertising and marketing trade associations to the California Consumer Privacy Act. To view the response, please click here. To view the presentation, please click here. On May 16, 2019, IAB US, from their Washington, DC office, hosted…

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Response to CASL Amendments

From an IAB Canada standpoint, we are extremely concerned about the amendments made to Section 9 of CASL. As part of our ongoing participation in a broader collations of industry associations, we have appealed to ISED to encourage CRTC to…

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Spotlight on Policy – PIPEDA and CASL

On December 5th, 2018, at our Spotlight on Policy webinar,  IAB Canada and Adam Kardash, Chair Privacy and Data Management at Osler, Hoskin& Harcourt LLP presented the following: PIPEDA’s Security Breach Notification Requirements CASL – Significant Anti-Spam Law Development You…

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Regulatory Structure

The delivery of digital advertising in Canada is primarily regulated by Canadian private sector privacy legislation and anti-spam legislation. Canadian Privacy Legislation: There are four private sector privacy statutes in Canada:  the Federal Personal Information Protection Electronic Documents Act, Alberta’s…

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False & Misleading Advertising

False and misleading representations in advertising are prohibited under both the federal Competition Act, as well as provincial consumer protection legislation. Competition Act The Competition Act governs most business conduct in Canada and is aimed at preventing anti-competitive practices in…

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