Testing and defence led by a published security researcher with five CVEs, including a CVSS 9.1 Mirai botnet kill-switch.
All security →SOC 2, ISO, and the Canadian privacy stack, run end to end with an independent auditor.
All frameworks →Original research, free tools, and plain-language guides on security and compliance, from a published security researcher.
Read the blog →Quebec Law 25 is the province's modernized private-sector privacy law, which significantly strengthened how organizations collect, use, and protect personal information about Quebec residents. It introduced mandatory breach reporting, privacy-by-default, consent rules, and transparency around automated decision-making. Its requirements phased in through 2022, 2023, and 2024.
Law 25 requires organizations to appoint a person responsible for privacy, run privacy impact assessments for certain projects, and report confidentiality incidents that pose a risk of serious injury to the regulator (the CAI) and affected individuals.
Section 12.1 requires meaningful disclosure when a decision is based exclusively on automated processing, which directly affects AI products. Penal fines can reach 25 million CAD or 4 percent of worldwide turnover, with administrative monetary penalties capped at 10 million CAD or 2 percent.
traztech delivers Quebec Law 25 readiness sprints for startups and growth-stage companies, led by a published security researcher.
Book a callFor a broader look at getting audit-ready, see our SOC 2 readiness work, or talk to a fractional CISO about building a program around it.
Law 25 tends to surface when a Quebec-based customer sends their DPA, or when somebody notices the private right of action and asks whether the company is exposed.
The obligations that catch people out are the privacy officer designation, the requirement to conduct privacy impact assessments for certain projects, and the rules around transfers outside Quebec.
Yes, if you handle personal information of people in Quebec. Establishment is not the test.
Law 25 is more prescriptive and carries significantly heavier penalties, plus a private right of action. Where both apply, meeting Law 25 generally covers the PIPEDA baseline.
Track record
Five published CVEs. CVE-2024-45163 (CVSS 9.1) is a flaw in the Mirai botnet itself, which gave defenders a way to shut down attacker infrastructure. CVE-2026-42626 takes HP ENVY 5000 printers offline from any unauthenticated device on the same network.
At Humera, a venture-backed US security company, Jacob built the compliance programme in-house from nothing: no report, no policies, no documented controls. It ended in a Type II attestation across 76 controls with zero exceptions, on a team of 15.
Before you go
Definitions only get you so far. I send a few short notes on how this plays out in practice. Unsubscribe in one click, and replies reach me directly.
From Jacob Masse, principal of traztech. No spam, unsubscribe in one click.