Ms. Levac or Mr. Plourde, Bill C-27, which will replace the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, will give consumers a new right to explanations for the use of automated decision systems to make predictions, provide recommendations and make important decisions concerning them, even when the data used have been depersonalized.
However, unlike Quebec's Bill 25, Bill C-27 makes no provision enabling anyone to oppose the use of an automated decision system or to review a decision made by such a system. What do you think are the potential repercussions for consumers of the absence of any such provisions from the bill?