| PIPEDA (federal privacy law) | Every practice that collects client personal information in the course of business (provinces with their own substantially similar laws — Quebec, Alberta, BC — apply those instead for provincial matters). | Meaningful consent; collecting and using only what the purpose needs; safeguards proportionate to sensitivity; accountability for personal information handed to third parties such as AI vendors; reporting breaches that pose a real risk of significant harm to the Privacy Commissioner and affected people. | AI Use Policy (the data line), vendor due-diligence file, business-tier workspace with training controls verified, client-facing statement, and the same-day incident-reporting rule. |
| Quebec Law 25 | Any practice with clients in Quebec, wherever the practice itself sits. | A named person responsible for personal information; assessing privacy impact before personal information is transferred outside Quebec (which most AI vendors involve); transparency about automated processing; a register of confidentiality incidents. | The policy names the privacy owner; the vendor due-diligence file records where each tool stores data and whether it trains on content; the client statement covers disclosure. Legal review of the impact assessment is a question for counsel. |
| CIRO (investment and mutual fund dealers) | Registered representatives and their dealer firms — advisors whose dealer supervises their client communications, records, and technology. | Dealer supervision of client communications and advice; books and records kept for the required periods; the dealer's approval of the tools and channels a representative uses; client information kept confidential. | The human-review rule and CRM wiring produce reviewable records; the approved-tool list is written to be handed to the dealer's compliance department for sign-off. Dealer-attached advisors: start with the compliance kit below rather than buying a build. |
| FSRA (Ontario mortgage brokering, life & health insurance) | Ontario mortgage brokerages, brokers and agents; life and health insurance agents and MGAs. (Ontario property & casualty brokers are regulated by RIBO, below.) | Fair treatment of customers; safeguarding client information; accurate records; licensees remaining accountable for work done through third parties and tools; suitability of what is recommended. | AI Use Policy, vendor due-diligence file, staff training with signed acknowledgements, and the human-review rule so AI-drafted client communications are never sent unread. |
| OSFI Guidelines B-13 and B-10 | Federally regulated financial institutions — banks, federally incorporated insurers and trust companies. Relevant to the Organizations assessment, not to a small practice. | B-13: governance and management of technology and cyber risk, including incident management. B-10: managing third-party risk across the relationship lifecycle — which now includes AI vendors and models. | The AI Opportunity & Readiness Assessment's governance, security, and vendor-control dimensions, its risk gates, and the vendor-risk sections of the report. It informs an institution's own program; it does not replace it. |
| CPA provincial bodies | Accounting and bookkeeping practices led by CPAs (each province's body — CPA Ontario linked as the example). | Confidentiality of client information under the code of professional conduct; competence in the technology used to deliver services; safeguarding client records. | AI Use Policy, vendor due-diligence file, team training, and the review rule — with the practice's own CPA body consulted on any professional-standards question. |
| Provincial insurance councils and RIBO | Licensed insurance brokers and agents regulated provincially — RIBO for Ontario P&C brokers (linked), the Insurance Councils of BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and their counterparts elsewhere. | Licensee conduct standards; confidentiality of client information; supervision of staff; accurate client records. | AI Use Policy, client-facing statement, staff training, and the vendor file — the same Safe Start pack, with the council's own conduct rules taking precedence where they are stricter. |