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By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 5 Minutes Read August 6, 2019

PIPEDA Interpretation Bulletin regarding safeguards

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has an Interpretation Bulletin dealing with privacy safeguards that can serve as helpful guidance for organizations who are subject to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Employee Relations, Privacy / collection of personal information, confidentiality of personal information, employment law, personal information, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, record keeping, secure disposal of personal information, security safeguards., sensitive information

By Cristina Lavecchia | 4 Minutes Read August 31, 2016

Pension and benefit plan provider breaches privacy law causing employee to lose life insurance coverage

Many of us have called service providers to change basic information, such as a mailing address. You pick up the phone, speak to a representative, and the change is made; no big deal, right? This seamless scenario may not always be the case. Any little misstep on an organization's part can cause grief not only for the customer, but also for the organization itself. This proved to be true when an employee complained, to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, that her employment pension and benefit provider disclosed her personal information to a third party without her consent.

Article by Cristina Lavecchia / Business, Information Technology, Not for Profit, Privacy / authentication procedures, disclosure to third party, identification and authentication, pension and benefit plan provider, personal information, personal information protection, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, PIPEDA, privacy incident response procedures, privacy plan, security safeguards., sensitive personal information

By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 5 Minutes Read October 6, 2015

Digital Privacy Act is now law

The Digital Privacy Act (Bill S-4) passed into law, introducing (among other things) significant fines and mandatory breach notification (not yet in force) into the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Privacy / commercial activities, confidentiality, Digital Privacy Act, mandatory breach notification, personal information, personal information online, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, PIPEDA, privacy breach, privacy policies, security safeguards.

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