Brent Homan
Joining the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada in 2012, Brent Homan is currently Deputy Commissioner, overseeing the enforcement of Canada’s federal public and private sector privacy laws.
Mr. Homan’s accomplishments in Privacy include key investigations such as: Home Depot (2023), Tim Hortons Location Tracking (2022), Facial Recognition – Clearview, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and Cadillac Fairview (2020/1), Facebook Cambridge Analytica (2019), Statistics Canada (2019), Equifax (2018), World Anti-Doping Association Breach (2017), Ashley Madison (2016), Bell Advertising Program (2015), and Google Behavioural Advertising (2014).
A global leader in International enforcement, Mr. Homan has joined forces with partners, co-leading numerous international investigations including two Global Privacy Award winning joint investigations against Clearview and Ashley Madison, and the first ever international joint-investigation in the field of Privacy (against Whatsapp) with the Dutch Privacy Authority. Mr. Homan created and spearheaded the Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN) Privacy Sweep, and co-chairs the International Enforcement Cooperation Working Group of the Global Privacy Assembly.
A leader in digital economy, Mr. Homan co-chairs a Global Digital Consumer Working Group examining the growing intersection of privacy, consumer-protection and competition, and seeking to advance collaboration across regulatory spheres.
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
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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 -
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 -
Whither the Data Flows
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 - Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2020 - Canceled
- Moderator at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2020 - Canceled
- Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2020 - Canceled
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Insights On Mandatory Breach Reporting from the OPC
Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2019 -
FB/Cambridge Analytica/AIQ — Canadian Response to a Global Privacy Alarm
Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2019 -
Privacy Bar Section Forum
Forum Speaker at Global Privacy Summit 2019 -
Privacy Bar Section Forum
Forum Speaker at Global Privacy Summit 2019