Mrs. Philippa Lawson at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

May 15th, 2007 / 10:10 a.m.

Executive Director, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic

Can I just add to that? The U.S. has a patchwork of sector-specific and issue-specific data protection laws. They do not have this nice, comprehensive law that we have. In fact, the biggest recommendation of consumer and privacy advocates in the United States is that the U.S. adopt a PIPEDA-like law.

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