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...after seven weeks. On giving formal notification of the complaint, the Office learned that the company had not yet designated a privacy compliance officer and was not otherwise aware of its obligations under the Act. On the advice of the Office, the company immediately appointed a privacy officer...

...The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) participates in a number of international privacy protection organizations to address global privacy issues that result from ever-increasing trans-border data flows. These international organizations give the OPC the opportunity to shape and improve the privacy policies and standards...

...for inviting me to comment on both Bill C-22 and Bill -23, the departmental Acts for Social Development...Bill C-22 — An Act to establish the Department of Social Development and to amend and repeal certain related Acts Bill C-23 — An Act to establish the Department of Human Resources and Skills...

...under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act by the Office of the Privacy... had not included incident reports. The investigator for the Privacy Commissioner examined the company's original files containing the complainants' personal information, but found no evidence of information...

..., and the Commissioner's earlier findings (see PIPEDA Case Summary #40), concerning another bank's practice of running..., which would incur huge costs to monitor accounts for such long periods. Commissioner's Findings Issued... account applicants who wish to have their personal and business affairs dealt with separately, he noted...

...AGAINST DELIVERY) Thank you for inviting me to comment on Bill C-11, the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act. I have had the opportunity to review the Bill and would like to focus my remarks... my statement by offering my comments on Clauses 15 and 29 of the Bill. Clauses 57 and 58...

..., 2021 Briefing package for the Privacy Commissioner of Canada before the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs on June 2, 2021 on Bill S-203. Table of contents Commissioner’s statement Issue sheets Bill S-203, An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to sexually...

...Thought leadership to be found at International Conference Thought leadership to be found at International Conference Blog Post Privacy advocates from around the world will be meeting in Montreal at the end of September to discuss a wide range of privacy and technology issues. Speakers expected...

...Latest news in the Accusearch file Latest news in the Accusearch file Blog Post As followers of Canadian federal privacy law might know, there was a complaint to the Office in June 2004 related to the operations of a US company called Accusearch, which promised to find confidential telephone...

...Online profile linking using usernames Online profile linking using usernames Blog Post... be linked together based on the usernames, and what are the implications for privacy? A recent research.... The first finding was that the usernames chosen by people on the various websites tend to be very unique...