Quebec Privacy Legislation (Law 25) Resource Centre
Newly Released:
- Gowling WLG – Quebec Biometrics Legal Framework, Jan 2024 – English
- Gowling WLG – Biométrie:cadre juridique québécois, Jan 2024 – Francaise
On September 22, 2021, Quebec passed An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information (2021, c. 25) (“the Act”) updating public and private sector privacy laws. The provisions of the Act come into force over a period of 3 years.
IAB Canada Resources
- IAB Canada’s Response to the CAI’s consultation on Consent Guidance Under Law 25 – English / French
- IAB Canada’s Countdown to Quebec’s New Privacy Law Infographic
- IAB Canada’s Key Considerations for our Industry – Audio Recording
- Law 25 Consent Guidance Overview Webinar Recording – November 30, 2023
Partner Resources
- Law 25 & Consent White Paper by Bamboo Data Consulting
- Gowling WLG & IAB Canada – Law 25 Survey Report: Are organizations ready for Québec’s new privacy legislation? – English / French
- Legal Bases for Processing Personal Information in Quebec – The Private Sector Act (as amended by Law 25) presents a complex consent framework that can be challenging to navigate. The Commission d’accès à l’information, Quebec’s privacy commissioner, recently published guidelines to help organizations understand these intricacies. Based on these recent guidelines, and requirements under the Private Sector Act, the team at Gowling WLG LLP created the below flow chart to help you determine what kind of consent you need, if any, to collect, use and/or communicate personal information.
- CAI Consent Guidelines Consultation – AccessPrivacy Workshop (Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP)
- Commission d’accès à l’information (CAI) has prepared draft guidelines
- AccessPrivacy Workshop Webinar Recording
- Guidelines on the Criteria for the Validity of Consent (Personal Information) – English
- Lignes directrices sur les critères de validité du consentement (renseignements personnels) – French
Quebec’s Privacy Legislation – Industry Guidance
Industry Guidance
This series of documents were created by leading Canadian privacy experts working with national and regional industry associations including IAB Canada. We believe a harmonized approach to privacy law across Canadian jurisdictions is important so that the rules are understandable for individuals and enterprises. Interpretations of privacy laws should be pragmatic, reasonable and focus on the privacy outcomes for individuals and practical implementation for enterprises. With this in mind, we have created what we think is appropriate guidance for interpreting some of the more challenging provisions of the Act.
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Questions
If you have any questions, or would like to discuss further, please reach out to policy@iabcanada.com.