Elizabeth Denham, Canada’s Assistant Privacy Commissioner with primary responsibility for the federal private sector privacy law, PIPEDA, has reportedly just been appointed B.C.’s Information and Privacy Commissioner.
Denham has served as Canada’s Assistant Privacy Commissioner since 2007. Since then, and as reported by Times Colonist, she has “spearheaded a high-profile investigation into the way Facebook handles user information, which pushed the company to revamp the way it handles and shares personal information from more than 200 million users worldwide. She launched a follow-up investigation into Facebook early this year after a complaint that the default setting of the new privacy options presented to users actually made a person’s information more readily available than before the changes.”
I’ve had the pleasure of working on matters with Elizabeth Denham. She is very practical in her approach to privacy and is an extremely personable individual. As a result, B.C. will be well-served by her as she embarks in her new role. Congratulations Commissioner Denham!
