Privacy topics
In today’s society, personal information is collected and used extensively, by individuals and organizations, for a variety of reasons. Advances in technology have a particularly significant impact on the ease with which personal information can be collected, used, shared and combined, introducing new challenges for the protection of personal information.
Explore the topics on this page to learn about privacy issues and find a wide variety of useful information for individuals, businesses and federal institutions.
Privacy laws
Businesses (PIPEDA), government (Privacy Act), provinces, sectors
Airports and borders
Screening, customs, outsourcing, transferring data
SINs and driver’s licences
Protecting, appropriate uses
Information and advice for individuals
Your rights, protection tips, children, online, devices, raising concerns and complaints
Business privacy
Collecting information, consent, children, advertising, spam, safeguards, breaches, complaints, outsourcing
Accessing personal information
Requests to businesses and federal government, obligations for organizations
Landlords and tenants
Tenant rights, information collection, landlord obligations
Surveillance
Video surveillance by businesses and governments, police, financial tracking, public safety
Investigations
Businesses, federal institutions, processes and reports of findings
Federal government privacy
Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs), public interest disclosures, breach reporting, outsourcing
Employers and employees
Employers, human resources (HR), work devices, online services
Health, genetic and other body information
Genetic testing, biometrics, health privacy, health emergencies
Identities
Identification and authentication, identity theft
Technology
Internet, metadata, Internet of Things, online tracking and cookies, mobile and digital devices, faxes
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