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...consideration given to possible oversight or privacy safeguards. Other reviews of the legislation had found... found in federal privacy legislation. Allowing individuals to see the information that government... Submission of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada in Response to the Commission...

...knows you’re on vacation Blog Post As part of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner’s outreach effort, we are exploring other vehicles for communicating important privacy issues. We have already begun... presentation. The Flash presentation found below asks “what would you want a friend of a friend...

...British PM speaks on liberty and privacy British PM speaks on liberty and privacy Blog Post... that touched on British constitutional history as well as modern concepts of liberty, privacy... is different to the Canadian system, but we have similar values about privacy, access to information...

...Secretary Chertoff speaks on privacy and security Secretary Chertoff speaks on privacy and security Blog Post As we mentioned several weeks ago, Michael Chertoff spoke at the opening session of the 29th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners. The Secretary...

...Correctional officer breaches privacy to prove a point Correctional officer breaches privacy to prove a point Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act An offender complained that a Correctional Service... him there did not appear to be any health studies about exposure to sweet grass. One officer added a note at the bottom of the document...

...in alleged tax evasion case Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act An individual being investigated for alleged tax evasion complained CRA auditors opened the sealed mail found on his desk... members. The CRA acknowledged it had opened mail postmarked after the dates...

...into employee’s e-mail account Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act An employee at Natural Resources... containing derogatory comments about supervisors were discovered. NRCan concluded these e-mail messages... and his personal Yahoo account in a bid to find cause to fire him. Department officials stated...

...Offenders’ personal information discovered in recycling area Offenders’ personal information discovered in recycling area Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act Documents containing the personal... Centre in Saskatoon were left in the facility’s recycling area. A correctional officer found...

...Voter alarmed by political party canvasser’s comments Voter alarmed by political party canvasser’s comments Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act A woman complained Elections Canada disclosed... had not provided information about her party affiliation. She was pleased to discover...

...justify surveillance Harassment and vandalism complaints justify surveillance Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act The OPC received complaints from 37 CSC employees who argued their employer... was on for only one day because it was discovered by an employee while doing his rounds. The complainants...