Video: Message from Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne on his 2024-2025 annual report

[Soft music is playing in the background.]

[Commissioner Dufresne sits behind a desk against an office backdrop that includes a Canada flag and speaks directly to the camera.]

My latest annual report highlights some of the accomplishments of my Office throughout the past year to protect and promote Canadians’ fundamental right to privacy.

[A video of Commissioner Dufresne sitting at his desk and consulting a briefing note, followed by an overhead view of people walking across a corridor, and then another view of six happy children in a field running toward the camera.]

We have prioritized our work to address some of the most significant privacy issues that Canadians are facing – including the impacts of technology on our personal information, and on the privacy of Canadian youth.

[A group of five people working together in front of a laptop computer, followed by a young family of five playing in their living room. Then, an animation of scrolling numbers representing data being collected and shared, followed by an animation of the Earth with multiple connections between worldwide cities including Canadian cities.]

We have also continued to strengthen domestic and international collaboration to maximize our ability to protect privacy in today’s data-driven world — where more and more personal information is being collected, used, and shared – often across borders.

[A time lapse view looking up at modern office buildings in the financial district of Toronto against a blue sky.]

This includes responding to major privacy breaches that have affected thousands. 

[Two women, one pregnant, walk and chat together as they carry their luggage through downtown Toronto.]

Privacy matters to Canadians and to Canadian organizations.

[A slow-motion view of pedestrians and a cyclist crossing a busy street in downtown Vancouver, then back to Commissioner Dufresne at his desk speaking directly to the camera.]

By prioritizing the key privacy issues of our time, my Office is continuing to protect Canadians and support Canadian businesses, which is good for Canada.

[The volume of the music in the background increases a bit and then stops while the signature of the Office of the Privacy Commission of Canada is shown.]