The group, which represents CEOs of some of the country’s largest firms, said Bill C-11 should be amended to give organizations more scope to use anonymized information for business operations; limit the requirement that firms disclose when they’re using automated decision-making systems to instances where outcomes are significant or the AI is acting alone; and reduce administrative penalties, currently proposed at up to $25 million or five per cent of global revenues. The Business Council submitted the recommendations Monday to the House privacy committee. (The Logic)

Talking point: The group said changes are needed to ensure the law promotes innovation as well as consumer protection, and bases its calls in part on comparisons to other advanced-economy privacy laws, like the EU’s GDPR. Some of the requested amendments contrast those of privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien, who last month objected to the bill’s consent carve-outs and said the new fining powers his office will receive are too restrictive. Digital rights groups like the Public Interest Advocacy Centre have also criticized the permissions it grants organizations to use de-identified data for business activities. Bill C-11 is unlikely to move forward in the legislative process before Parliament takes its summer break, since it’s not on the Liberals’ priority list.