OPC, Provincial laws that may apply instead of PIPEDA: Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec (Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Provincial laws that may apply instead of PIPEDA)
In Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec the provincial private-sector law governs what a company does with personal information inside the province; PIPEDA governs it once the information crosses a provincial or national border, as a licence to a US buyer does.
Dated 28 Oct 2026Source checked 28 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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“Organizations subject to a substantially similar provincial privacy law are generally exempt from PIPEDA with respect to the collection, use or disclosure of personal information that occurs within that province. ... However, even in those provinces, PIPEDA still applies to: transactions involving personal information transferred across borders”
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