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Organizations are becoming increasingly aware that data is more than a result of business processes and see it more as an asset and a key success factor. In recent years, thanks to advances in areas such as artificial intelligence and predictive analytics, data is used much more intensively and in a context that is not necessarily the one for which the data was collected. Data from different sources is collected and cross-referenced to generate value. Governance then becomes essential to ensure the protection of data, particularly personal data, and its proper use. This study has two main objectives: first, to comment on who should govern the management of digital personal data; and second, to propose, on the basis of the objectives sought by the supervision of the management of digital personal data, recommendations for modifications to the management of digital personal data. Our research has academic and practical interest. Responding to a topical question in Quebec and Canada, it aims to broaden the field of knowledge in the management of digital personal data. More specifically, and at the academic level, this research will make it possible to propose recommendations that could one day be the subject of a law aimed at establishing best practices in the industry. At a practical level, we make recommendations to modify current Canadian laws to balance the needs of private and public companies and those of the public and consumers.