Iqwinder Gaheer at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On October 26th, 2023. See this statement in context.

October 26th, 2023 / 4:20 p.m.

Liberal

Iqwinder Gaheer Liberal Mississauga—Malton, ON

Thank you, Chair.

Thank you to all the witnesses for making time for the committee, and for their testimony.

My questions are for Ms. McPhail.

In the brief that you co-authored and submitted to the committee, you recommended that Bill C-27 be amended to “Ensure continued and appropriate protection of de-identified and 'anonymized' information”. We spent our last committee meeting on Monday with witnesses who talked about the definition maybe being too stringent, the fact that we've raised the bar too high.

What are your concerns regarding the protection of de-identified information and of anonymized information in the CPPA, and how can it perhaps be amended to address your concerns?

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