Privacy and Digital Retail News

  At the Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada’s (IAB Canada) Business of Digital: Report on Data 2024 event on November 27, 2024, IAB Canada and Retail Council of Canada (RCC) unveiled the ...Learn More

The federal government is exploring right to repair measures that could potentially target a wide swathe of consumer electronics and household appliances sold by retailers across the country. RCC has...Learn More

Recent reforms to the federal Competition Act included new amendments targeting “greenwashing,” or deceptive environmental claims. RCC submitted to the Competition Bureau’s recent co...Learn More

A big challenge for retailers is increasingly how to use artificial intelligence to make their businesses more efficient and to better convert potential sales. Some AI strategies make shopping fun for...Learn More

TORONTO, September 12, 2024:  Retail Council of Canada (RCC), The Voice of Retail™ in Canada, and Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada (IAB Canada), the leading representative of the digital ad...Learn More

Customers have a continued need and desire for the convenience of digital experiences, but they understandably don’t want to face the risk of fraud. During a 2023 data privacy survey, we discovered ...Learn More

With the passing of Bill C-59, the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, retailers worry that new policies contained within the bill, such as a Digital Services Tax, risk hurting our industry an...Learn More

The Alberta government begin reviewing the province’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) in January 2024. PIPA is substantially equivalent to federal privacy law PIPEDA, meaning that it ...Learn More

Federal Bill C-59, the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023, proposed a new Digital Services Tax (DST) as well as comprehensive reforms to the Canadian Competition Act. RCC raised several ...Learn More

Product Submissions for the 32nd annual Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards are now open. Submit your product today!...Learn More