Here is what the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario have to say about it:
In early 2022, we conducted a survey of Canadian businesses to better understand their awareness of and approaches to privacy protection.https://t.co/htgeVRpjCG pic.twitter.com/LCK3PwvXEd
— OPC (@PrivacyPrivee) August 11, 2022
Major highlights or summary of the blog:
- If you belong to the private sector, you are allowed to store data outside of your province and even Canada.
- However, it is your responsibility to make sure that your data storage service provider (or any cloud services) has strong data privacy and security policies in place.
- Because you are accountable for the secure transfer of the data that you own.