Privacy Awareness Week

Privacy Awareness Week is a global effort held in May, coordinated by members of the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA), to promote awareness of privacy issues and the importance of the protection of personal information. Each year, various members of APPA develop resources and communications materials to support their activities during the week.

Privacy Awareness Week 2024

This year’s theme is Privacy and technology: Improving transparency, accountability, and security, and the Canadian awareness campaign will run from May 6 to 10.

During the week, feel free to share social media posts from our accounts on X (@PrivacyPrivee) and LinkedIn (Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada/Commissariat à la protection de la vie privée). Add the hashtag #PAW2024 to your posts to join the online conversation. Let’s communicate the importance of privacy rights to all Canadians and organizations.

Features — 2024 Campaign

Further Reading

For individuals

• 10 tips for protecting personal information
• Tips for creating and managing your passwords
• Gaming and personal information: playing with privacy
• A Guide for Individuals: Protecting Your Privacy
• Businesses and your personal information
• The Federal Government and your personal information

For businesses

• PIPEDA in brief  
• PIPEDA fair information principles
  • Accountability
  • Openness (transparency)
  • Safeguards (security)
• Privacy guide for businesses
• Privacy in the Workplace
• Preventing and responding to a privacy breach
• What you need to know about mandatory reporting of breaches of security safeguards

For federal institutions

• Privacy in the Workplace
• Expectations: OPC’s Guide to the Privacy Impact Assessment Process
• Submit a privacy impact assessment to the OPC (New form)