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By SpringLaw | 2 Minutes Read August 11, 2021

Private sector privacy legislation – Is it coming to Ontario?

In June, the Ontario government released a White Paper entitled Modernizing Privacy in Ontario Empowering Ontarians and Enabling the Digital Economy, which sets out a proposal for privacy legislation that would apply to the private sector.

Article by SpringLaw / Business, Information Technology, Not for Profit, Privacy / Bill C-11, Employee privacy, oipc, Personal Health Information Protection Act, personal information collection, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, PIPEDA, privacy, privacy legislation, private sector privacy legislation

By Adam Gorley | 3 Minutes Read September 29, 2014

Business guidelines on how to destroy personal information

Organizations collect more and more personal data these days—from customers and employees. With all of this new data in their hands, organizations may be tempted to hold onto it without an express purpose, or they may be unsure what to do with it once it has served its original purpose.

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Not for Profit, Privacy / best practices, collecting personal information, collection use and disclosure, customer information, destroying personal information, disclosing personal information, disposing of personal information, employee information, how to dispose of personal information, legal compliance, legitimate purpose, oipc, personal information, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, personally identifiable information, PII, PIPEDA, retention period, third party contractor, using personal information

By Adam Gorley | 2 Minutes Read October 24, 2011

Personal information online: new tools, old responsibilities

Sometimes, technology creates new ways to exploit information faster than the law and business can keep up. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is trying to make sure that doesn't happen in the case of behavioural advertising. Last year, the Privacy Commissioner conducted consultations on the new ways that organizations are collecting and using customers' personal information, and prepared its Report on the 2010 Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's Consultations on Online Tracking, Profiling and Targeting, and Cloud Computing.

Article by Adam Gorley / Privacy / behavioural advertising, marketing, mobile technology, Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, oipc, privacy, Privacy Commissioner, profiling, targeting, technology, tracking

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