For organizations operating nationally in Canada, Quebec’s anonymization requirements have added a new layer of complexity to data use for analytics, research and AI. In particular, the Quebec anonymization regulations introduce new concepts to the definition of identifiability in a Canadian context, although they have been part of the expectations under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For example, concepts such as “inferences” need to be defined and evaluated in data to demonstrate that they meet the anonymity requirements. In practice, many organizations still struggle to interpret these requirements, apply them consistently and produce the necessary evidence for governance, review and approval. Join us on May 20th, 2026 at 11 am EDT for a webinar that will explain what the anonymization requirements mean in practical terms, with a focus on understanding and assessing inference and other privacy risks in anonymized data. Drawing on current regulatory developments and real-world implementation challenges and solutions, we will show how organizations can take a more rigorous and scalable approach. Participants will see how new technologies and standards can help automate these assessments and gives teams a more complete view of privacy exposure, including inference considerations.

On April 8th, 2026, Woodway Assurance hosted a practical webinar focused on what good de-identification looks like and how LLMs can support the review and analysis of privacy documents in the context of data sharing. 

Across data access and data-sharing initiatives, teams rely on a growing set of documents to demonstrate good privacy practices — from de-identification methodologies to data-sharing agreements and risk assessment reports. Join us on April 8 at 11 a.m. ET for a practical webinar on what a good de-identification process looks like and how LLMs can support the review and analysis of privacy documents in the context of data access and sharing. We’ll show how LLMs can strengthen the development and review of these documents, improving quality, consistency and completeness while accelerating the process. We’ll also demonstrate new technology that enables a fully automated re-identification risk assessment.

ARCHIMEDES, a national health data platform led by the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI), McGill University and the University of Ottawa,  announced today a strategic partnership with technology company Woodway Assurance to integrate its EviData software to expand secure, compliant data access and advanced analytics capabilities for users across the ARCHIMEDES platform. 

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Today Woodway Assurance unveiled EviData™ 2.0, featuring EviChat™, a new AI companion that enhances the user experience with EviData, its flagship software that enables responsible data use by automating privacy risk assessments for de-identified and synthetic datasets. Organizations need data to innovate, but analytics and AI projects can stall when teams cannot show their data has been properly de-identified. EviData generates a clear, independent report on a dataset’s re-identification risk mapped to recognized guidance and standards, including those from the Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner and ISO. What once took weeks of manual, complex work by external consultants can be completed by a user in minutes. With EviChat now seamlessly built into that workflow, users can ask questions about their results and their interpretation, how to reduce risk, how to convert risk results into other practical deliverables, and continue to advance their projects.

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Canadian SME Business Magazine has published an article on why so many AI and analytics projects stall because of uncertainty around responsible data use, and how EviData solves that problem.

New Canadian technology company Woodway Assurance is proud to announce that it has closed an oversubscribed seed funding round for its flagship product, EviData™, raising $1 million. This shows strong investor conviction that independent, standards-aligned and automated data assurance is becoming a necessary layer for data-driven organizations, and confidence that Woodway’s management team, with its deep experience in researching, developing and commercializing privacy enhancing technologies, is well positioned to deliver it. Read the full press release.

On Dec. 3^rd, 2025, Woodway Assurance hosted a webinar focused on understanding, operationalizing and meeting modern de-identification requirements in practice, with a focus on standards, assurance and auditability.

Join us Dec. 3^rd for a webinar focused on understanding, operationalizing and meeting modern de-identification requirements in practice, with a focus on standards, assurance and auditability. 

A new Canadian privacy technology company, Woodway Assurance, has launched its flagship product EviData™, a transformative enterprise software solution that offers the only automated, independent third-party assessment to verify that datasets meet recognized privacy standards while preserving data utility. Read the full press release.