Daniel Caron
Legal Counsel, Legal Services, Policy and Research Branch, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Daniel Caron is Legal Counsel for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. Daniel provides the Office with strategic and legal advice on a number of important privacy questions arising out of the interpretation and application of Canada’s two federal privacy statutes, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Privacy Act. Daniel represents the Commissioner before Courts at various levels, and regularly interacts with stakeholders, public and private-sector organizations, and international counterparts. Daniel has a particular interest in international privacy issues and information technology, and has experience with privacy and security issues touching the Internet, social networking, and biometrics, among others. In 2009, Daniel participated in a three month fellowship program working alongside attorneys from the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the United States Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., in order to get a unique sense of how consumer privacy is protected in the United States. Prior to joining the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Daniel articled at a national law firm in Ottawa. He studied the common law in French at the Université de Moncton, and holds a degree in Political Sciences from the University of Calgary.
Daniel Caron is Legal Counsel for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. Daniel provides the Office with strategic and legal advice on a number of important privacy questions arising out of the interpretation and application of Canada’s two federal privacy statutes, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Privacy Act. Daniel represents the Commissioner before Courts at various levels, and regularly interacts with stakeholders, public and private-sector organizations, and international counterparts. Daniel has a particular interest in international privacy issues and information technology, and has experience with privacy and security issues touching the Internet, social networking, and biometrics, among others. In 2009, Daniel participated in a three month fellowship program working alongside attorneys from the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the United States Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., in order to get a unique sense of how consumer privacy is protected in the United States. Prior to joining the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Daniel articled at a national law firm in Ottawa. He studied the common law in French at the Université de Moncton, and holds a degree in Political Sciences from the University of Calgary.
