Joining the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) in 2012, Brent is currently the director general for the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) investigations. This position includes oversight of the OPC’s Toronto office with its dedicated enforcement and stakeholder engagement programs. In the area of electronic privacy threats, Brent oversees the OPC’s anti-spam legislation program, including its first address-harvesting investigation (2016 Compufinder).
Brent’s accomplishments in the privacy world include key digital society and economy matters, such as overseeing investigations relating to Ashley Madison (2016), the Bell Relevant Advertising Program (2015), Google Online Behavioural Advertising (2014), and Apple Transparency (2014).
