Privacy self-assessment
Privacy Awareness Week took place during the last week of August. To coincide with this, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada introduced a new privacy tool to help medium to large organizations see how well they are complying with privacy laws. The diagnostic checklist, which is included as part of the tool, may be helpful for […]
Ticketmaster violates privacy laws
Back in April, the Privacy Commissioner released a summary of the Ticketmaster case. At issue was Ticketmaster’s practice of disclosing personal information of customers to third parties for marketing purposes. The problem was that there were no opt-out provision provided if customers did not want their personal information used for this purpose. If you tried to purchase tickets […]
Facebook violating privacy rights?
It was only a matter of time before someone launched a privacy complaint against a social networking site. Facebook is the focus of a recent complaint submitted by a group of University of Ottawa law students. For details, look at today’s post on Aydin Mirzaee’s blog.
How much privacy can any person reasonably expect when they are posting personal pictures […]
Privacy tool for business owners
The Privacy Commissioner has released a new book for businesses on May 23rd which summarizes the most relevant privacy cases over the past 7 years. The book, called Leading by Example: Key Developments in the First Seven Years of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), provides a good overview of the areas where businesses have failed […]
New video surveillance guidelines
Another step in the development of Canadian privacy law is the introduction last month of new video surveillance guidelines by the Privacy Commissioner for Canada. The guidelines provide ten criteria for evaluating whether overt video surveillance is being conducted lawfully and in compliance with existing privacy legislation. Should anyone ever file a complaint with the […]
