Australia: Announced OPC Accession to Global Cooperation Agreements for Privacy Enforcement (CAPE)

On 9 April 2024, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) officially joined the Global Cooperation Agreements for Privacy Enforcement (Global CAPE). This is required as part of Canada's Membership in the Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules Forum (Global CBPR), which it entered in April 2022 alongside other nations including Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, and the United States, with Mexico and the United Kingdom joining subsequently. The Global CAPE, established by the Global CBPR in 2023, facilitates voluntary, non-binding cooperation among its participants, enabling them to assist each other in matters such as evidence collection, information sharing on investigations, enforcement actions, and complaint transfers across borders.