An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act and the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts

Short title: Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020 Bill C-11 (43-2) Status: At second reading in the House of Commons Type: House Government Bill Sponsor: Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry (Mississauga—Malton) Latest stage: First reading Legislative

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summary is currently being prepared for this bill by the Parliamentary Information and Research Service of the Library of Parliament. Meanwhile, the following executive

summary is available.<br/><br/>On 17 November 2020, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry introduced Bill C-11,

An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act and the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts (Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020), in the House of Commons and it was given first reading. <br/><br/>Part 1 enacts the Consumer Privacy Protection Act to protect the personal information of individuals while recognizing the need of organizations to collect, use or disclose personal information in the course of commercial activities. In consequence, it repeals

Part 1 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and changes the

short title of that Act to the Electronic Documents Act. It also makes consequential and related amendments to other Acts.<br/><br/>Part 2 enacts the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act, which establishes an administrative tribunal to hear appeals of certain decisions made by the Privacy Commissioner under the Consumer Privacy Protection Act and to impose penalties for the contravention of certain provisions of that Act.

It also makes a related amendment to the Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada Act.</div> House of Commons — First reading: Completed (2020-11-17) House of Commons — Second reading: Not completed LEGISinfo: https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/43-2/c-11