On 24 December, Baker McKenzie reported that, in November, Canada introduced new federal privacy legislation that, if adopted, will create one of the strictest data protection regimes in the world, accompanied by some of the most severe financial penalties, rivalling the standards in the EU and California. Companies with a connection to Canada will need to build the new federal law, and applicable provincial laws, into their global compliance strategy.
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