Canada's First and Only Public Interest Technology Law Clinic

Jul 15, 2026

Leveling the Playing Field: CIPPIC Receives OPC Funding to Study Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat Surveillance

CIPPIC has received a contribution from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada for a study of the privacy implications of kernel-level anti-cheat software in the Canadian gaming market.

Jun 15, 2026

Bill C-36: The Government Proposes a New Private-Sector Privacy Law

Bill C-36 promises long-overdue privacy reform, replacing PIPEDA with stronger rights language, tougher enforcement, and new data-governance tools. But weakened regulator independence, “valid” rather than “meaningful” consent, and constrained remedies undercut its rights-based promise for Canadians.

Jun 25, 2026

Comparing the Safe Social Media Act to CIPPIC’s Previous Positions

Bill C-34 responds to some of CIPPIC’s earlier recommendations, but leaves major concerns unresolved. The bill narrows some risks, while leaving too much power with platforms, regulators, and Cabinet to shape the law’s real reach after the fact.

The phrenological turn: On using, abusing, and regulating emotion recognition technology

Emotion recognition technology purports to infer emotions based on external signals. Privacy law has traditionally protected information about persons; can it protect the inner life of persons?

Stefan Tampu

Jul 24

Flying Under Surveillance: Personalized Airfare Pricing, Meaningful Consent, and the Limits of Consumer Protection Law

A recent proposed class action lawsuit against the airline JetBlue has brought the controversial concept of surveillance pricing to the forefront of the travel industry. The complaint, filed in a New York federal court, alleges that the airline uses sophisticated tracking tools such as browsing history, location, and device type to monitor user behavior and adjust ticket prices in real-time. The filing claims that JetBlue tracks customers searching for fares to raise the pric

Adshaya Shanmugathasan

Jul 17

“Delete Means Delete?”: The Problem of AI Memory and the Right to Be Forgotten in Canada

When you click “delete”, is your data really gone? Generative AI is changing the way we think about privacy and data deletion. While traditional systems remove stored records, AI can continue to reflect information it has learned during training, raising new questions about what meaningful deletion should require.

Kunal Pandya

Jul 16

Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic