Privacy Act reform for the age of AI: accountability, rights, and information

Report

Prepared for the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's 2026 review of the Privacy Act, the white paper, Privacy Act Reform for the Age of AI: Accountability, Rights, and Information, examines the challenges that artificial intelligence poses to existing privacy frameworks and identifies approaches to strengthening accountability, rights, and information governance in the age of AI.

Authors: Cofone, I

• Publication status: Published
• Publisher: Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford
• Pages: 1-21
• Series: Institute for Ethics in AI White Papers
• Place of publication: Oxford, UK
• Publication date: 2026-05-01
• Commissioning body: Institute for Ethics in AI
• Language: English
• Keywords: artificial intelligence; Privacy Act (Canada); automated decision-making; data protection; algorithmic accountability; privacy law