Brent Homan

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Office of the Data Protection Authority Guernsey

Commissioner

Before becoming the Bailiwick of Guernsey’s Data Protection Commissioner in 2024, Brent Homan was Deputy Commissioner, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and responsible for enforcing Canada's federal public and private sector privacy laws. A global leader in regulatory collaboration, Brent created the Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN) Privacy Sweep and co-chairs alliances including the International Enforcement Cooperation Working Group of the Global Privacy Assembly. Brent envisions the Bailiwick of Guernsey as a model for the global data protection community with a public and private sector that embraces compliance and elevates trust and consumer confidence.

Prior to his appointment at the OPC, Mr. Homan was Assistant Deputy Commissioner at the Competition Bureau of Canada where he led numerous high profile misleading advertising investigations in the Digital Economy. In the area of health, Mr. Homan led Canada’s Tobacco Inquiry into the use of Light and Mild descriptors, culminating in the removal of Light and Mild labelling from cigarette packaging across Canada.

Mr. Homan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Political Science from Carleton University, and a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Ottawa.

 

Contributions by Brent Homan

  • Data Scraping: Privacy Pros and OSINT Pros Discuss This Privacy Minefield
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2024
  • A global initiative to elevate safeguards against data scraping
    Web Conference Speaker
  • A Global Initiative to Elevate Safeguards Against Data Scraping
    Moderator at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2024
  • Whither the Data Flows
    Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2023
  • Whither the Data Flows
    Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2023
  • Outcomes from the OPC’s Investigation into Home Depot
    Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2023
  • Outcomes from the OPC’s Investigation into Home Depot
    Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2023
  • Mobile Location Tracking – How Much Is Too Much?
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2023
  • When the Private Sector Has Access to Public Sector Data: Privacy Implications
    Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2022
  • Privacy Enforcement in Canada: Can Speed, Fairness and Effectiveness Coexist?
    Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2022
  • Regulating Emerging Privacy Technologies and Threats with Global Collaboration
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2022
  • More than Face Value: Facial Recognition Technology & Privacy
    Web Conference Speaker
  • Look Before you Cross: Intersection of Privacy, Anti-Trust & Consumer Protection
    Web Conference Speaker
  • Blurred Regulatory Lines — Privacy, Competition and Consumer Protection Collide
    Web Conference Speaker
  • Moderator at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2020 - Canceled
  • Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2020 - Canceled
  • Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2020 - Canceled