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OPC, PIPEDA Findings #2026-001 (Loblaw, PC Optimum): the standard for anonymized information

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For customers or staff in Canada, has each person consented to this new use, or will the data be anonymised to the Canadian standard before it leaves? For Quebec, is the privacy impact assessment done and the written agreement ready?	Rights question	The data is anonymised to the regulator's standard (no serious possibility of…	18 Oct 2026
OPC, PIPEDA Findings #2026-001 (Loblaw, PC Optimum): the standard for anonymized information (PIPEDA Findings #2026-001, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (5 March 2026))	Law or ruling	PIPEDA has no statutory definition of anonymous. The OPC's test is no serious…	18 Oct 2026

For customers or staff in Canada, has each person consented to this new use, or will the data be anonymised to the Canadian standard before it leaves? For Quebec, is the privacy impact assessment done and the written agreement ready?
Kind
Rights question
As stated
The data is anonymised to the regulator's standard (no serious possibility of…
Dated
18 Oct 2026
OPC, PIPEDA Findings #2026-001 (Loblaw, PC Optimum): the standard for anonymized information (PIPEDA Findings #2026-001, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (5 March 2026))
Kind
Law or ruling
As stated
PIPEDA has no statutory definition of anonymous. The OPC's test is no serious…
Dated
18 Oct 2026

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