https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ne7eqz/canadas-privacy-watchdog-wants-the-power-to-go-after-companies-like-equifax

After credit giant Equifax publicly announced it had been hacked, leaking the personal information of 100,000 Canadian customers, many in the country are wondering how to make sure this doesn't happen again. Unfortunately, Canada's federal privacy watchdog can't actually enforce privacy legislation—it can only make recommendations.

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner's annual report to parliament, which was released on Thursday, unequivocally states that Canadians need a federal privacy watchdog with some real teeth.