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By Adam Gorley | 2 Minutes Read September 9, 2010

Toronto Humane Society investigation update

We reported earlier this year about the perils of bad governance in the case of the Toronto Humane Society. The non-profit organization faced a raid and subsequent investigation after complaints of serious mistreatment of animals, overcrowding, rampant illness and disease, disgusting workplace conditions and generally poor management. The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals removed animals from the premises, confiscated documents, arrested the president and senior management and charged them with animal cruelty and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence, and discharged the board of directors and charged them with "non-criminal" animal cruelty.

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Finance and Accounting, Not for Profit, Privacy / animal cruelty, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, exposure, governance, investigation, investigations, OSPCA, personal information, risk management, Toronto Humane Society, unreasonable search and seizure, workplace investigation

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 4 Minutes Read June 23, 2010

Customer privacy policies and employee handling of customer personal information

A weekend Toronto Star article reported that employees at the Canada Revenue Agency are improperly reviewing the private financial affairs of taxpayers. Some are using agency computers to give favoured treatment to colleagues, friends, family—and themselves...

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Privacy / Canada Revenue Agency, CRA, customer personal information, disclosure of personal information, employment law, personal information, personal information protection, PIPA, PIPEDA, privacy, privacy and risk management, privacy breach, privacy legislation, privacy policy, privacy rights

By Colin Braithwaite | 2 Minutes Read June 17, 2010

Amendments to PIPEDA disappoint privacy watchdogs

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.

Article by Colin Braithwaite / Business, Privacy / 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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