Canadian Information Privacy Protection Framework

CIO Strategy Council
Standards Development Organisation:
CIOSC
Working Program:
View the CIO SC work program
Designation Number:
CAN/CIOSC 109-2
Standard Type:
National Standard of Canada - Domestic
Standard Development Activity:
New Standard
ICS code(s):
03.100.02
Status:
Proceeding to development
SDO Comment Period Start Date:
SDO Comment Period End Date:
Posted On:

Scope:

Note: CIO Strategy Council announced an organizational name change to the Digital Governance Council (DGC), effective January 30, 2023 and the creation of a new standards development division, Digital Governance Standards Institute (DGSI). This proposed standard aims to specify the minimum requirements for organizations that collect, uses, retain, and disclose personal information in Canada, and offers any benefit or consideration regardless of monetary exchange for such benefit or consideration. The standard aims to provide a baseline framework for organizations seeking to harmonize conformance to the various provincial/territorial, federal, and international legislation and treaties. The standard is not intended to prescribe how an organization should implement controls. Instead, the standard will guide organizations using jurisdictional and technological agnostic approaches due to differences across sectors the standard will be applied to. It is also not the intent to replace existing standards, certifications, or processes which presently allow organizations to conduct business at the national and global level. This Standard applies to all sectors, including public and private companies, government entities, and not-for-profit organizations.

Project need:

Canada is a country with fourteen jurisdictions, and there are currently thirty-six pieces of legislation between federal and provincial/territorial borders. Some are territorial in scope (Ontario FIPPA, BC PIPA), some are material in scope (CASL, PIPEDA). At the global level, Canada’s major trading partners continue to enact modern information privacy legislation. In Europe, the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) is already two years in force and has been mirrored by equivalent national or provincial legislation across the globe to ensure compatibility. California, Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt and are either in process or have already completed updating their regulations in this matter. As a result of this, Canadian legislators, industry, governments, consumers all stand to benefit from a harmonized standard for information privacy in Canada put forward. The proposed standard seeks to align differing coverage and material gaps that exist in Canada's tapestry of federal and provincial privacy legislation as well as address international requirements.

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