Privacy and Digital Retail News

Federal Bill C-56 (“The Affordable Housing and Grocery Act”) was tabled Thursday, September 21, 2023. This short bill includes the following proposed amendments to the Competition Act, whi...Learn More

B.C.’s 2023 budget included amendments to the online marketplace framework intended to provide clarification, simplification, and consistency. RCC notes that this broadens the number and scope of tr...Learn More

Last week, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia released findings on facial recognition (FRT) used for store security. Only 1 in 13 large BC retailers surveyed sa...Learn More

Competition Bureau Canada and Deceptive Marketing Practices Meet Nicola Pfeifer, Senior Competition Law Officer, Cartels and Deceptive Marketing Practices from Competition Bureau Canada, with the firs...Learn More

Quebec has released final regulations for a mandatory confidentiality incident (breach) reporting regime that came into force in late 2022. The reporting framework has three key requirements. Companie...Learn More

On Thursday, November 17, 2022, the federal government branch Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) began consultations on a broad range of proposed changes to competition law and...Learn More

For the first time in 15 years, the Ontario government is conducting a full review of the Consumer Protection Act (CPA). The CPA is the law governing most personal and household transactions by consum...Learn More

RCC is asking for member input ahead of a response to the federal government’s recent proposals to overhaul Canada’s privacy laws and implement their platform, the Digital Charter, through...Learn More

Statistics Canada released its most recent payroll employment report for August 2022 and showed a national -0.1% drop – a loss of 22,200 positions – month-over-month. The number of employees recei...Learn More

On October 4, 2022, the federal government announced the creation of the Hurricane Fiona Recovery Fund. Details are pending, however it is known that this fund will be administered by the Atlantic Can...Learn More