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Tag Archives: Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act

Executive Summary – Canada’s Federal Privacy Laws

(Disponible en français : Résumé – Les lois fédérales du Canada sur la protection de la vie privée) The right to privacy is recognized as a quasi-constitutional right in Canada. At the federal level, two pieces of legislation provide some privacy protections: the Privacy Act, which applies to the public sector, and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic…

January 5, 2021 in Executive Summary, Law, justice and rights.

Personal Information Protection and Data Security in a Pandemic

30 April 2020, 9:40 a.m. (Disponible en français : Protection des renseignements personnels et sécurité des données en temps de pandémie) To quickly limit the spread of the coronavirus (COVID‑19), the federal government could consider exceptional measures – some of which would infringe on privacy – such as the use of personal information and big…

April 30, 2020 in COVID-19, Information and communications.

Technological Advances and Privacy

(Disponible en français : Avancées technologiques et protection de la vie privée) Some of the technological advances that have emerged in the last few years have had or could have a significant impact on privacy and data protection. For instance, federal privacy laws are not necessarily equipped to respond to the challenges presented by the…

March 12, 2020 in Information and communications, Science and technology.

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