In the Montreal Gazette, Éloïse Gratton writes that the federal government's reintroduction of amendments to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) includes a business transaction exemption, which--if passed--would put the legislation in line with British Columbia's and Alberta's data protection laws. Gratton notes that if the proposed amendments in Bill C-12 are made into law, then "Quebec will be the only jurisdiction with a data protection law not providing for a business transaction exemption," adding that organizations within Quebec's jurisdiction "will continue to proceed without clear knowledge of the risks involved" in a business transaction that discloses personal information.
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