right to be forgotten

Late last month, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (“OPC” or “Commissioner”) released a report of its findings holding that search engines like Google can be required to de-list personal information about  an individual.  While the decision generally aligns Canada’s federal privacy law PIPEDA with the right of erasure or “right to be forgotten” under the GPDP, the UK GPDR, and Quebec’s updated privacy law, the decision illustrates some problematic aspects of PIPEDA and the Commissioner’s interpretation of this important privacy law.…