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Posts Tagged ‘Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act’

Year-end round-up

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Like most of you, I’m sure, I was extra busy before Christmas last year, and to top it all off, I got sick and had to leave some things unfinished. So I couldn’t bring you this brief round-up of things that happened in the last three months of 2011, much of which has to do with technology and how employers will use it to interact with employees and customers. But it’s a new year and I’ve recovered from my illness and my holidays, so without further ado…

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Tags: Anti-spam bill, Canadian anti-spam legislation, cloud computing, copyright, Copyright Modernization Act, ECPA, facebook, Facebook comments as evidence, Facebook evidence, FISA, just cause to quit, no reasonable alternative to leaving the employment, online sales, online targeting, online tracking, personal information, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, PIPEDA, profiling, public disclosure, social media, social networking, workplace conflict, Workplace Injury Tribunal
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Do you offer ‘paperless receipts’?

Monday, October 3rd, 2011

If you do, you should make sure you understand the privacy and personal information implications. CTV reports that some Canadian retailers are now offering their customers an “e-receipt”, which they can receive by email or access at dedicated websites. Sure, it’s a “green” option, and maybe more convenient for customers who want to track their purchases, but it requires the customer to provide an email address, which might allow retailers to “learn a lot about a customer’s preferences and buying habits”.

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Tags: anti-spam law, e-receipt, electronic marketing, FAPP, Finance and Accounting PolicyPro, marketing, paperless receipt, personal information, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, PIPEDA, privacy, privacy law, spam
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A new age of records retention: good policy more than worth the effort

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

There are a number of potentially troublesome issues associated with retaining records. For example: there are storage and privacy concerns; organizations must ensure they keep records secure in accordance with relevant privacy laws. At the same time, organizations might not have considered the self-incriminating information that records might hold, and they will want to ensure they don’t keep potentially incriminating records any longer than the law requires.

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Tags: audit, document destruction, document management, document retention, evidence, FAPP, Finance and Accounting PolicyPro, Information Technology PolicyPro, ITPP, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, PIPEDA, records management, self-incrimination
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Need to know: privacy commissioner’s report on pressing online privacy issues

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

In 2010, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada conducted consultations on current privacy issues, including online tracking, profiling, targeting and cloud computing. The office released its report on the consultations earlier this year, and it’s available online.

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Tags: cloud computing, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, oipc, online targeting, online tracking, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, PIPEDA, privacy by design, Privacy Commissioner, profiling, social media, social networking
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First damage award in PIPEDA case

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Here’s something readers might want to know about: the Federal Court has awarded damages in a case based on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. Why is that special? Well, it’s the first damages award in the 10-year history of the Act.

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Tags: damage award, document recording and retention obligations, document retention policies, employment law, FAPP, Federal Court, Finance and Accounting PolicyPro, Human Resources PolicyPro, information management, Information Technology PolicyPro, ITPP, maintaining accurate information, personal information, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, PIPEDA, The Human Resources Advisor
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Destruction of information – do you know your obligations?

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Here’s something you might want to know about: the Federal Government has introduced a law to impose stricter obligations with respect to information and security breaches.

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Tags: Bill C-29, collecting data, data storage, FAPP, Finance and Accounting PolicyPro, personal information, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, PIPEDA, privacy and risk management, Privacy Commissioner, privacy legislation, recycling, Safeguarding Canadians' Personal Information Act, security breaches, security gaps
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Amendments to PIPEDA disappoint privacy watchdogs

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

On May 29, the federal government introduced Bill C-29, the Safeguarding Canadians’ Personal Information Act, which makes substantial changes to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). The Bill had been in development for several years, and one of its primary objectives was to address a significant gap in PIPEDA, the issue of mandatory disclosure of “material” breaches of personal information by the companies or organizations responsible.

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Tags: disclosure of personal information, employee personal information, employment law, Finance and Accounting PolicyPro, Human Resources, information breaches, Information Technology PolicyPro, Janet Lo, Michael Geist, not-for-profit policypro, personal information, personal information protection, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, PIPEDA, privacy, privacy breach, privacy legislation, Safeguarding Canadians' Personal Information Act
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