Philippe Dufresne
CanadapoliticianMale6.0Global Dominance: 0.01%Philippe Dufresne is the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, responsible for overseeing compliance with privacy laws and protecting individuals' personal information. He has recently been in the news for launching a formal investigation into a cybersecurity breach affecting a student information system used across Canada, which raised concerns about the security of sensitive data belonging to students.
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Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne recommended a number of changes to protect privacy rights.
What to know about Bill C-22, Canada’s proposed lawful access legislationCanada· 2026-06-01
Philippe Dufresne is the Privacy Commissioner of Canada who commented on the risks of deepfakes.
Canada’s privacy watchdog expands probe into X over Grok’s sexualized deepfakesCanada· 2026-01-15
Philippe Dufresne stated that Canadians need to better understand the volume of confidential data TikTok collects from its users.
Канадские власти обвинили TikTok в сборе “чувствительной“ информации о детях: 25 сентября 2025, 01:39
Kazakhstan· 2025-09-24
Philippe Dufresne is Canada's privacy commissioner who led the investigation into TikTok's data protection practices.
App's child data protection inadequate, Canada probe finds
United Kingdom· 2025-09-24Philippe Dufresne, Privacy Commissioner of Canada, stated that TikTok's data practices were inadequate in protecting children.
TikTok made ‘inadequate’ efforts to protect children, federal investigation findsCanada· 2025-09-23
Philippe Dufresne has been elected chair of the Global Privacy Assembly.
Politics Insider: Conditions must be met before Canada recognizes Palestine, Anand saysCanada· 2025-09-21
Philippe Dufresne is the federal Privacy Commissioner of Canada who has been advocating for more authority for his office since his appointment in 2022.
23andMe probe highlights Privacy Commissioner’s lack of powers compared to U.K counterpartCanada· 2025-06-21
Philippe Dufresne is the Canadian Privacy Commissioner who conducted the joint investigation into 23andMe.
23andMe did not protect customers’ data, Canadian and British watchdogs findCanada· 2025-06-17
Philippe Dufresne's report found the RCMP failed to take appropriate measures to safeguard personal information.
A lost RCMP USB device with key information was offered for sale by criminals, privacy watchdog saysCanada· 2025-06-10
Philippe Dufresne, the federal privacy commissioner, announced an investigation into the security breach.
NS Power CEO, staff questioned over data breach that saw 280,000 customers’ data stolenCanada· 2025-06-04
Philippe Dufresne applied for a federal court order requiring Aylo to comply with Canadian privacy law regarding consent for sex videos.
Privacy commissioner goes to court to make porn platform get full consent for sex videosCanada· 2025-03-04
Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne says the probe was launched after his office received a breach report.
Canada’s privacy watchdog launches investigation into student information data breachCanada· 2025-02-11