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PIAC’s research and interventions on privacy law and data protection. This covers federal (PIPEDA) and provincial privacy legislation, online tracking and behavioural advertising, data breaches, consent requirements, children’s privacy, online harms, and other issues where personal information is collected, used, or shared in ways that affect Canadian consumers.
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We are recruiting, and we would love to hear from you! The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) is actively recruiting new members to its Board of Directors. We are looking for creative, curious and innovative people who want a hands-on role in strengthening a national voice for consumers. You do not need to have sat […]
Read more →New PIAC Report: “Selling Speed: Reforming Broadband Advertising Regulations in Canada”
Transparency and accuracy standards for broadband service ads in Canada are falling behind other countries’ new reforms New PIAC Report: Selling Speed: Reforming Broadband Advertising Regulations in Canada 17 August 2022, OTTAWA – A new consumer research report published today by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) updates a 2012 PIAC research project comparing broadband advertising practices […]
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Modem Hijacking: The CRTC Must Act
PIAC and Telephone Companies Work to Ensure Consumers are Aware of Toll Rates
CRTC Tells Canada’s Telephone Companies To Stop Disconnecting Paying Customers
Text of Press Conference
PIAC and Option consommateurs call for end to misleading airline advertising.
PIAC Releases Report on Identity Theft
CRTC Proceeding on Telecom Consumer Bill of Rights
Ontario Electricity Restructuring
