Canada: Canadian privacy authorities concluded joint investigation into OpenAI OpCo for alleged violations of Canadian private sector privacy laws

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Canadian privacy authorities concluded joint investigation into OpenAI OpCo for alleged violations of Canadian private sector privacy laws

On 6 May 2026, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) and its provincial counterparts in Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta issued findings following the investigation into OpenAI’s data collection and processing practices. The authorities …

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority

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2023-04-04
under deliberation

On 4 April 2023, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) opened an investigation int…

2023-05-25
under deliberation

On 25 May 2023, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), the Office of the Informati…

2026-05-06
concluded

On 6 May 2026, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) and its provincial counterparts in Queb…