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International: PPC hosts 62nd APPA Forum

On November 29, 2024, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) announced that it attended the 62nd Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) Forum, from November 26-27, 2024, hosted by Japan's Personal Information Protection Commission (PPC). 

The APPA Forum discussion focused on the following key themes:

  • enforcement and legislative development;
  • new initiatives and guiding activities from privacy authorities;
  • training and awareness-raising activities;
  • updates on and responses to recent significant data breaches;
  • governance of artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies;
  • protecting children's privacy; and
  • cross-border data transfers, including data free flow with trust.

You can read the OPC press release here and the APPA press release here.