Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) unveiled an online tool designed to help organizations that experience a privacy breach decide on their next steps.

The Jan. 6 resignation of former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau effectively ended all legislative bills that haven't yet received Royal Assent, Cozen O'Connor lawyer Any Obando Ospina blogged. These included two measures pivotal in the digital sphere: The Digital Charter Implementation Act and the Online Harms Act.

Canada seeks feedback on how to shape the implementation of international privacy certifications as part of its membership in the Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) Forum. As such, the government has committed to implementing one or both of the Forum's certifications in the Canadian marketplace and launched a consultation about how to do it best, Canada announced Tuesday.

Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne has launched an investigation into the PowerSchool data breach that occurred at the end of December, he said in an update Tuesday. Dufresne acted after receiving a breach report from the company and his office received a complaint about the 2024 incident.

The Brazilian National Data Protection Authority's (ANPD's) decision to bar Tools for Humanity (TFH) from offering to pay people to have their irises scanned "speaks to a bigger problem" with AI, Justin Sherman, Electronic Privacy Information Center Scholar in Residence, argued Thursday.

Mexico will eliminate its current data protection authority and appoint a new one as a result of a recent constitutional reform, two Hogan Lovells lawyers said in recent blog.