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By David Hyde | 9 Minutes Read April 20, 2012

Video surveillance and the workplace – Part 2

A mixture of incognizance and apathy often prevails in the private sector when it comes to understanding and applying legal privacy considerations in the installation and use of video cameras...

Article by David Hyde / Privacy / access to information, Alberta, British Columbia, collection of personal information, data storage, employment law, invasion of privacy, need for video surveillance, ontario, OPC, Personal Information Protection Act, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, PIPA, PIPEDA, Privacy Commissioner, privacy controls, Privacy in the workplace, privacy law, Private sector, private sector privacy legislation, scope creep, security override, surveillance notification, video, video cameras, video surveillance, video surveillance policy

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

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 2 Minutes Read October 14, 2011

Proposed privacy changes in British Columbia

The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2011 (Bill 3) was introduced in the British Columbia legislature on October 4, 2011. The Bill aims to facilitate digitization, compiling, sharing and combining of personal data across government ministries (including the Ministry of Labour, Citizens’ Services and Open Government). Individuals would be able to access government services with a secure digital identification card and personal ID number.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Privacy / bill 3, combine personal data across ministries, data linking, digital identification, FOIPP, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Ministry of Labour, open government, personal data, personal information, Privacy Commissioner, privacy concerns

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