Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
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Sep 7, 2026
speaker_0HOST
Yeah, the acronyms get thrown around a lot.
speaker_0HOST
We see GDPR, we see PIPEDA, we see Law 25.
speaker_0HOST
Let's explain exactly what these mean for a mid-market Canadian business.
speaker_1HOST
Let's break them down.
speaker_0HOST
And Canada is adopting this stance.
speaker_1HOST
Yes, Canada is adopting this aggressive stance.
speaker_0HOST
Which brings us to Quebec's Law 25 and the federal PIPEDA laws.
speaker_1HOST
Exactly.
Sheila MaloneyHOST
And then the talking about agreeing on a common interpretation of the legislation.
Sheila MaloneyHOST
And, you know, we have PIPEDA, National Privacy Legislation, and every jurisdiction has their health information privacy.
Sheila MaloneyHOST
And it's same, same, but different.
Sheila MaloneyHOST
So I love that idea.
ErinNARRATOR
Often, links to these photos and videos of children are not password-protected, and if they are, they only require a child's birthdate to log in.
ErinNARRATOR
Hodgins said that doesn't meet the standards set out in Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, a federal privacy law that regulates how businesses collect and use personal data.
ErinNARRATOR
PIPEDA states that security level of personal information says it must match its sensitivity and a birth date can be too easy to locate on public social media profiles, said Hodgins.
ErinNARRATOR
There is no centralized online organization hosting children's dance media, so ICDR does not have an easy road ahead as it tries to become an industry standard, he said.
speaker_1HOST
Because almost every modern company collects personal information from its customers or its employees.
speaker_1HOST
And this subjects the transaction to PIPEDA.
speaker_2HOST
Yeah.
speaker_2HOST
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.
speaker_2HOST
And while the buyer's formal legal audit might only consume a four to eight week window, the seller cannot fix structural deficiencies within that compressed time frame.
speaker_1HOST
No, of course not.
speaker_1HOST
And attempting to remediate, you know, a missing IP assignment or a PIPEDA violation while you're under the microscope of an active buyer audit.
speaker_1HOST
I mean, that signals to the buyer that the business is just poorly managed.
Derek GrayGUEST
Got it.
Derek GrayGUEST
If you think, I mean, if you go back to our privacy legislations in Canada, PIPEDA was one of the first.
Derek GrayGUEST
And a lot of people talk about GDPR in Europe.
Derek GrayGUEST
But quite frankly, GDPR was mirrored a lot on a lot of the PIPEDA principles.
Derek GrayGUEST
So Canadians are a little more risk averse.
Derek GrayGUEST
Canadians are much more privacy centric.
Ugo RoikGUEST
It's really, we're talking SIN numbers, we're talking salary history, medical accommodation details, disciplinary records, all these very private and sensitive pieces of information really the most sensitive information a company holds about its people are within these systems.
Ugo RoikGUEST
And so hosting domestically means that that data actually stays under Canadian privacy laws, whether that's PIPEDA, provincial equivalents, anything like that, full stop, it's staying within Canada.
Ugo RoikGUEST
And for a lot of our clients, especially anyone touching, you know, government contracts or public sector work, and honestly, even a little bit into nonprofits that's not really a nice to have anymore.
Ugo RoikGUEST
This is actually a hard requirement in procurement.
speaker_2GUEST
It brings objective oversight.
speaker_2GUEST
And you also need audited financials and strict compliance with regulations, employment, environmental, and especially privacy laws like Canada's PIPEDA or Quebec's Law 25.
speaker_1HOST
Because buyers don't want to buy a massive lawsuit waiting to happen.
speaker_2GUEST
Exactly.