About the IAPP

Joining the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada in 2011, Gillian Kular is a Senior Investigator in the Breach Response Unit at the OPC, responsible for assessing and investigating breaches under Canada’s federal public and private sector privacy laws. 

Ms. Kular was the project lead for the OPC team that developed a tool to assess real risk of significant harm from breaches. Prior to joining the OPC, Ms. Kular consulted internationally in the field of disaster risk management. Ms. Kular holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University and a Diploma in Public Administration (Local Government) from the University of Western Ontario.