PIPEDA is Canada federal private-sector privacy law, governing how businesses collect, use, and disclose personal information in the course of commercial activity.
Canadian businesses handling personal information in commercial activity, and organizations in provinces without an equivalent private-sector privacy law.
The core of what PIPEDA asks you to put in place.
PIPEDA is ongoing law. A privacy program covering consent, safeguards, a breach process, and record-keeping commonly takes weeks to a few months to establish, then runs continuously.
We build a PIPEDA-aligned privacy program: consent and purpose mapping, safeguards, access-request handling, and a breach-response process with the record-keeping the Commissioner expects — paired with Quebec Law 25 where you operate in Quebec.
See Security and Compliance, or compare estimated PIPEDA cost in CAD. Based in Toronto and led by a published CVE researcher, we deliver across Canada and the US with our partner Lorikeet Security.
Canada federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, the private-sector privacy law governing commercial handling of personal information.
Yes. Breaches posing a real risk of significant harm must be reported to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and affected individuals, with records kept of all breaches.
PIPEDA is consent-based and generally less prescriptive than GDPR, but a company serving both markets should align to the stricter requirements.
Quebec Law 25 governs private-sector privacy in Quebec. PIPEDA still applies to federally regulated work and cross-border or inter-provincial data. Most Quebec businesses align to both.
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC).
Book a free discovery call. We will tell you whether PIPEDA fits, what it would take, and roughly what it would cost.