Scope: |
This ESSENTIAL describes the current landscape of legislations in Canada, which may affect the compliance the cybersecurity of electronic products.
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Legislation in force: |
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. [PIPEDA]
There are two federal privacy laws. This is one of them.
The Canadian Provinces have made their own laws.
The comprehensive law in the EU is "General Data Protection Regulation" (GDPR).
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. [PIPEDA]
There are two federal privacy laws. This is one of them.
The Canadian Provinces have made their own laws.
The comprehensive law in the EU is "General Data Protection Regulation" (GDPR).
The Privacy Act governs how the federal government handles personal information that it collects, uses or discloses from the general public and its own employees.
This is the second privacy law.
It is not useful for products and therefore not part of this ESSENTIAL.
The Privacy Act governs how the federal government handles personal information that it collects, uses or discloses from the general public and its own employees.
This is the second privacy law.
It is not useful for products and therefore not part of this ESSENTIAL.
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Comment on the comparability to EU legislation: |
Canada does not have IoT-specific legislation comparable to the EU's approach to cybersecurity regulation through the Cyber Resilience Act and the delegated regulation (EU) 2022/30 in addition to the RED 2014/53/EU for IoT products. ... |