Sentences with phrase «privacy breach notification requirements»

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In addition to the notification requirements under privacy legislation, the organization could also have a broader legal duty under negligence law to notify an individual whose data has been breached if that breach could harm, or could materially increase the risk of harm to, that individual.

The Digital Privacy Act amends the federal Personal Information and Protection of Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) to mandate a data breach response that includes reporting, notification and record - keeping requirements.

Even though PIPEDA does not have mandatory data breach notification requirements yet, the privacy commissioner has always encouraged notification if the breach is significant and companies want to get ahead of the story by notifying relevant regulators before an individual makes a complaint or the media breaks the story — if only to better shape the narrative.

As we previously reported, the Digital Privacy Act, which amended Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) to include a mandatory breach notification requirement, became law nearly three years ago.

The Digital Privacy Act amended the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada) to add notification requirements for «breaches of security safeguards», but we've all been anxiously awaiting regulations that will breathe life into the provisions.

The Government of Canada has announced that its proposed data breach notification requirements pursuant to the Digital Privacy Act (the «Act») will take effect on November 1, 2018.

In Europe, such concerns prompted the passing of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will be enforced in May 2018 and that enacts legal requirements for privacy, breach notifications, and more.