Canada’s privacy watchdog has announced that it’s restructured its overall organization.
As of April 9th, 2018, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) now conducts its activities within three sectors: ‘Compliance,’ ‘Policy and Promotion’ and ‘Corporate Management.’
Each sector is overseen by a deputy commissioner, who all report directly to Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien. The Compliance and Policy and Promotion deputy commissioner positions are currently vacant, and the OPC is in the process of filling those spots.
According to the OPC’s organizational structure website, the Compliance sector will focus on “addressing existing privacy compliance problems, through a variety of enforcement activities to ensure violations of the law are identified and that remedies are recommended.”
The Policy and Promotion sector will aim to “inform Canadians of their rights and how to exercise them, and to bring organizations towards compliance with the law.”
As the OPC’s website explains, “the Corporate Management sector provides advice and integrated administrative service, such as corporate planning, resource management, financial management…to managers and staff.”
The Corporate Management sector is currently the only one with a staff deputy commissioner position. Daniel Nadeau serves as the deputy commissioner of corporate management for the OPC.
As an entity, the OPC is a federal-level agency responsible for enforcing Canada’s privacy laws, including the Privacy Act and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
The OPC is currently investigating Menlo Park-based social networking giant Facebook for the company’s involvement in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal.
Source: OPC
Correction 12/04/2018 11:14am ET: Article misstated the role of the Corporate Management sector. This information has been corrected.
