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...public trust in digital healthcare to learn more. Phasing out faxes can reduce the likelihood of privacy... digital advancements in health, finance and law, breaches of personal information continue to occur... fax machines. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) encourages organizations...

...that there is a desire to strengthen children’s privacy rights in Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act..., especially given the importance of protecting the fundamental right to privacy of young people, who represent... my remarks today on the privacy principles that underpin my Office’s approach to the digital world...

...principles Does the Act apply to your business? Provincial privacy laws Information that crosses... have their own private-sector privacy laws that have been deemed substantially similar to PIPEDA. Organizations... under the Privacy Act Provincial or territorial governments and their agents Business contact information...

...That’s why digital literacy education must be a priority.” The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada... co-sponsored a resolution on children’s digital rights at the Global Privacy Assembly, a global forum... our goal of empowering youth while protecting their privacy rights a priority. Teachers play a critical...

...if the technology is not properly regulated. Those of us who are privacy regulators have been working closely... which includes a modernization of Canada’s private sector privacy legislation, as well as a new proposed...Remarks at the Privacy and Generative AI Symposium 2023 Remarks at the Privacy and Generative AI...

...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.... The Department refused to release the documents on the grounds that the Pension Act obliged it to protect...

...of its Non-Insured Health Benefits Program Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act Complaint under the Privacy Act March 12, 2018 Summary The complainant alleged that Health Canada required First Nations... about the adequacy of the Privacy Act (the Act) to protect the personal health information of First Nations...

...Got Former Wife's Tax Information Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act Through an access to information... then used that information to seek an amendment to a child support arrangement. The woman lodged a Privacy Act complaint with the Canada Revenue Agency. An investigation by the Agency confirmed...

...Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act It is not uncommon for our Office to be alerted to incidents... are simply left in secure premises. More than a quarter-century since the passage of the Privacy Act, such breaches continue to underscore the need for vigilance in the handling of personal...

...Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act Our Office received 82 complaints after the Quebec regional office.... The package, however, accidentally included the names, dates of birth, employee identification numbers and Social Insurance Numbers of the individual’s 191 fellow employees. The investigation...