Canada: Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics inquiry into Federal Government's use of technological tools capable of extracting personal data from mobile devices and computers

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
11 Oct 2024 under deliberation
01 Feb 2024 concluded

Scope

Implementers
Canada
Policy Area
Public procurement
Policy Instrument
Public procurement access
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
technological consumer goods
software provider: other software
Government Branch
executive
legislature
Government Body
data protection authority
parliament
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

11 Oct 2024
under deliberation

Published Statement by the Privacy Commissioner on committee report on the federal government’s use of technological tools

On 11 October 2024, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) published a statement on the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) report on the federal government’s use of technological tools for extracti…

Source
Event type inquiry
Action type opinion
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority
01 Feb 2024
concluded

Adopted Report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics on Federal Government's Use of Technological Tools

On 1 February 2024, the Report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics on Federal Government's Use of Technological Tools Capable of Extracting Personal Data from Mobile Devices and Computers was adopted by the Canadia…

Source
Event type inquiry
Action type closure
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament