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By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 4 Minutes Read December 6, 2017

Privacy Commissioner of Canada creates draft guidance document outlining inappropriate data practices and no-go zones

On September 28, 2017, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada created a draft guidance document providing clarification on inappropriate data practices, specifically focusing on subsection 5(3) of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). This provision is entitled, “Appropriate purposes”, and states that, “an organization may collect, use or disclose personal information only for purposes that a reasonable person would consider are appropriate in the circumstances”.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Employee Relations, Privacy / access to personal information, Data, disclosure, electronic devices, employment law, no-go zones, personal information, Personal Information and Protection of Electronic Data Act, PIPEDA, Privacy Commissioner of Canada, social media

By Adam Gorley | 3 Minutes Read January 31, 2013

Employer ordered to provide employment information to former employee

Alberta's Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner recently heard a case in which an employer refused to provide employee records to a former employee upon request, allegedly claiming that, “legally she does not have to give [the employee] a copy.” The commissioner's office had little trouble deciding that the employer was wrong and ordered that it proved the requested records to the former employee.

Article by Adam Gorley / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll, Privacy / access to personal information, Alberta's Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, duty to assist, Employee records, Employer ordered to provide employment information to former employee, employment law, employment standards code, every reasonable effort, including duty to conduct an adequate search for responsive records, pay stubs, payroll records, Personal Information Protection Ac, record of employment, record that is in the custody or under the control of the organization, ROE and T4 forms, tracking employee information

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