PIPEDA Canada TikTok

You may be in for an unpleasant surprise when you read the September 23, 2025 findings of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) in PIPEDA Findings # 2025-003. The decision, issued jointly with the OPC counterparts in Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta involving Tiktok, is easily the most significant privacy enforcement action in Canada in years. It provides important guidance on what the federal and provincial privacy commissioners (the “Offices”) expect under privacy laws including with respect to minors and to obtain consents to collect and use personal information.…