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...Inmate report discovered in prison gym garbage can Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act A report... information, was found in an offender’s cell at an Alberta prison. Fourteen affected inmates complained to our Office. An offender had discovered the report in a garbage can in the prison’s gym...

...to U.S. Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act Complaint under the Privacy Act (the Act) The complainant raised... under the Privacy Act. Background to Complaint This Office has previously raised concerns about the privacy implications of the cross-border flow of personal information.Footnote 1 Once personal...

...by Canadians Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act In last year’s annual report, our Office reported... of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). The audit turned up privacy and security... for this vital identity document. Indeed, we found weaknesses at every step of the application process...

...for garbage bin Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) notified us of a privacy breach in Saskatchewan after a plastic container holding incoming mail was mistaken for a garbage bin and emptied into the trash. By the time the loss was discovered, the refuse...

...Pension File from Family Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act The adult children of a veteran.... Under the Privacy Act's Regulations, the complainants are entitled to the pensioner's personal file.... After the findings were communicated to Veterans Affairs, the Department informed us that it had released...

...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...

...Personal Information Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act In June 2010, an individual contacted officials... page, where the individual had posted personal information about his education and his views... that his personal information had been improperly collected. Under section 4 of the Privacy Act, personal...

...of improperly gathering personal data from blog Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act An individual... from his personal online blog after the agency ended his term position. The complainant posted information... that was deemed to accord with the policy. Our investigation found no evidence that the agency...

...Agency gave personal information to a third party without consent Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act... system. An Agency employee conducted a search in order to find the applicant in the system... and first name, although the spelling of the first name is slightly different. Our Office found...

...records questioned RCMP retention period for disciplinary records questioned Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in R. v. McNeil created an obligation for the Crown to disclose to defence counsel records relating to findings of serious misconduct...