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Vector infographic: A man with glasses points to Quebec on a globe, where a teal radius connects to global servers. Side panels read "No Revenue Threshold" and "Partial Overlap." A bottom banner titled "Where the Privacy Gap Sits" displays five privacy compliance icons.

Quebec Law 25 Compliance: The Privacy Law Every SaaS Company Should Know About (But Probably Doesn't)

Quebec Law 25 is the province's modernized private-sector privacy law: a set of amendments (adopted in 2021 as Bill 64) to the Act respecting the...

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An infographic titled 'LAW 25 COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST' for Quebec security teams. It links 'LEGAL REQUIREMENT' and 'SECURITY OVERLAP' (SOC 2, ISO 27001) as a man checks a large clipboard list. The bottom outlines 'THE 8-POINT CHECKLIST' with 8 key icons, such as privacy officer, PIA, and safeguards.

Law 25 Compliance Checklist: What Security Teams Actually Need to Do

Quebec's Law 25 has been fully in force since September 2024, and the penalties are no longer theoretical. Under the Act respecting the protection of...

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Canadian privacy law timeline 2018 to today: PIPEDA federal breach reporting, three phases of Quebec Law 25, and Bill C-27 dying at prorogation in January 2025. Truvo Cyber.

After Bill C-27: Quebec Law 25 and Canadian Privacy Costs

For three years, the dominant story in Canadian privacy law was the federal one. Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act, was on track to...

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An infographic titled "SOC 2 & THE COMPLIANCE CASCADES" depicts a "Compliance Roller" pushing a "Supply Chain Cascade" of blocks from Large Firms down to Sub-Vendors. This illustrates how Law 25 and GDPR requirements create a chain reaction of SOC 2 necessity for small vendors.

The SOC 2 Snowball: How Law 25 Pushes Compliance Down Supply Chains

SOC 2, and compliance in general, is self-perpetuating. Once a company achieves certification, one of the first things the framework requires is...

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