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PIPEDA Review

PIPEDA Review - Parliamentary Activities

Pandemic

Privacy in the Time of a Pandemic: Guidance for Organizations - October 2009

Fact Sheet: Privacy in the Time of a Pandemic: Fact Sheet for Employees (October 2009)

Passenger Name Record

Declaration of Civil Society Organizations on the Role of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (September 25, 2007)

Appearance before the Legislative Committee on Bill C-17, Public Safety Act - February 6, 2003

News Release: Letter from public interest groups to the Minister of National Revenue - November 13, 2002

Letter from the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia - November 19, 2002

Letter from the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario - November 20, 2002

News Release: Column in National Post - November 15, 2002

News Release criticizes CCRA's plans for "Big Brother" database - September 26, 2002 - Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Letter to the Honourable Elinor Caplan, Minister of Revenue - September 26, 2002

News Release - Letter to the Honourable Elinor Caplan, Minister of National Revenue - December 18, 2002

Opinion by retired Supreme Court Justice Hon. Gérard V. La Forest, C.C., Q.C. - November 22, 2002

Opinion by Mr. Roger Tassé, O.C., Q.C. - November 22, 2002

News Release - Letter to the Honourable Elinor Caplan, Minister of National Revenue - April 9, 2003

Appearance before the Subcommittee on National Security of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights - February 10, 2003

Letter from the Commonwealth Centre for Electronic Governance - February 1, 2003

Letter from Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario - January 30, 2003

News Release by the Canadian Labour Congress - January 30, 2003

News Release by the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group - January 30, 2003

Letter from David Loukidelis to the Prime Minister - January 29, 2003

News Release - Letter to the Honourable Elinor Caplan, Minister of National Revenue - January 9, 2003

Opinion by Marc Lalonde, P.C., O.C., Q.C. - January 9, 2003

News Release - Letter to the Honourable Elinor Caplan, Minister of National Revenue - November 22, 2002

Letter from seven of Canada's provincial and territorial Information and Privacy Commissioners - November 12, 2002

News Release by public interest groups across Canada - November 13, 2002

News Release: Letter from public interest groups to the Minister of National Revenue - November 13, 2002

Letter from the Canadian Civil Liberites Association to the Minister of National Revenue - October 23, 2002

Letter from Frank Work, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta - October 11, 2002

News Release by the Ligue des droits et libertés of Quebec - October 7, 2002

Letter from David Loukidelis, Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia - October 3, 2002

Letter from Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner for Ontario - September 30, 2002

Editorial in Toronto Star - September 30, 2002

Passenger Protect Program (No-fly list)

Audit of the Passenger Protect Program of Transport Canada - Section 37 of the Privacy Act (November 2009)

Submission: The Privacy Implications of Aviation Security Measures - November 6, 2007

News Release: Canada's privacy guardians call for comprehensive changes to no-fly list program - June 28, 2007

Resolution of Canada's Privacy Commissioners and Privacy Enforcement Officials - Passenger Protect Program - Canada's Aviation No-fly List

Fact Sheet: Passenger Protect Program (No-Fly List) (June 2007)

Speech: International Perspectives on Privacy and Security (September 28, 2005)

News Release: Privacy Commissioner raises concerns that no-fly list will infringe on privacy rights (August 9, 2005)

Questions submitted to Transport Canada, regarding plans for a "no-fly list" (August 9, 2005)

Perimeter Security

OPC blog post: Perimeter Security and Privacy Protection in Canada and the US - November 14, 2011

OPC blog post: Privacy needs respect and protection within any perimeter - September 14, 2011

Fact Sheet: Checking In - Your privacy rights at airports and border crossings (February 2010)

Fundamental Privacy Rights within a Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness - Submission by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to the Government of Canada's Beyond the Border Working Group public consultation - June 2011

The Private Sector, National Security and Personal Data: An Exploratory Assessment of Private Sector Involvement in Airport and Border Security in Canada (English only)

Audit of the Personal Information Management Practices of the Canada Border Services Agency (June 2006) Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Paper: Privacy Protection in a World of Transborder Data Flows (October 3, 2005)

Submission: Transferring Personal Information about Canadians Across Borders — Implications of the USA PATRIOT Act - August 18, 2004

Personal Information

Personal Information - Interpretations under PIPEDA

Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)

Fact Sheets

Annual Reports to Parliament (Privacy Act and PIPEDA)

Findings under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)

A Guide for Individuals : Your Guide to PIPEDA

The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)

Leading by Example: Key Developments in the First Seven Years of PIPEDA - Legal Corner

PIPEDA Review - Parliamentary Activities

A Guide for Businesses and Organizations

Podcasts

Podcast: OPC Privacy Lecture: Five-country study finds little protection for anonymity - April 8, 2009

Privacy Act

Fact Sheets

Annual Reports to Parliament (Privacy Act and PIPEDA)

Findings under the Privacy Act

The Privacy Act

Privacy Act Reform - Legal Corner

Privacy Act Reform

Privacy Act Reform - Parliamentary Activities

Privacy Act Reform - Legal Corner

Privacy Breaches

Speech: Hot Issues in Privacy Law: Responding to Privacy Breaches - June 8, 2009

Information about privacy breaches and how to respond

News Release: Lack of basic privacy and security measures causing major data breaches, Privacy Commissioner says (June 3, 2008)

News Release: "60 Minutes" Investigates TJX Data Breach, Interviews Privacy Commissioner (November 26, 2007)

Report of Findings - TJX Companies Inc. /Winners Merchant International L.P. - September 25, 2007

News Release: Inadequate security safeguards led to TJX breach, Commissioners say (September 25, 2007)

News Release: Privacy Commissioner releases privacy breach guidelines (August 1, 2007)

Executive Summary - Privacy Commissioner of Canada v. SWIFT (April 2, 2007)

Report of Findings: Privacy Commissioner of Canada v. SWIFT - April 2, 2007

Commissioner's Findings - PIPEDA Case Summary #2007-365: Responsibility of Canadian financial institutions in SWIFT's disclosure of personal information to US authorities considered (April 2, 2007)

Commissioner's Findings - PIPEDA Case Summary #2006-360: Bank erroneously e-mails employees' personal information to client (November 14, 2006)

News Release: Federal Privacy Commissioner and Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner to investigate Winners and HomeSense data breach (January 31, 2007)

Commissioner's Findings - PIPEDA Case Summary #2006-356: Customer?s banking personal information found in a recycling bin (October 23, 2006)

News Release: Privacy Commissioner launches investigation of CIBC breach of Talvest customers' personal information (January 18, 2007)

Commissioner's Findings - PIPEDA Case Summary #2006-335: Customer receives banking information of other clients (June 27, 2006)

News Release: Privacy Commissioner launches investigation of SWIFT (August 14, 2006)

Commissioner's Findings - PIPEDA Case Summary #2006-332: Bank issues new guidelines and educates employees after customer information is faxed to the wrong individual (April 12, 2006)

News Release: Joint investigation confirms breaches of provincial/federal legislation - December 21, 2004

Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs)

Fact Sheet: Privacy Impact Assessments (November 2011)

Speech: The Privacy Impact Assessment: Your GPS Through the New Landscape of Privacy Protection - September 28, 2011

Expectations: A Guide for Submitting Privacy Impact Assessments to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada - March 2011

Speech: Managing Government Information 2nd Annual Forum - March 10, 2004

Speech: Privacy Impact Assessment - May 8, 2002

News Release - Privacy Impact Assessment Policy - April 24, 2002

Privacy Principles

Privacy Principles

Privacy and Technology

Speech: Privacy and Technology: More Action Needed - April 20, 2005

Privacy and Technology

Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act

PIPEDA and the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act - Tools - January 2010

Regarding financial monitoring regime in Canada

News Release: New money laundering law requires Privacy Commissioner to review FINTRAC's compliance with Privacy Act (December 18, 2006)

Statement : Bill C-25, An Act to amend the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act and the Income Tax Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act - December 13, 2006

Submission on Bill C-25, An Act to amend the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act and the Income Tax Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act (December 13, 2006)

Speech: Review of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (June 21, 2006) Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Speech: Bill C-22, Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act - June 7, 2000

Protection of Passenger Data

News Release: International Data Protection Authorities Call for International Standards on Protection of Passenger Data (September 28, 2007)

Provincial and Territorial Privacy Commissioners and Ombuds Offices

Oversight Offices and Government Organizations

Public Safety Act

Speech: A Matter of Trust: Integrating Privacy and Public Safety in the 21st Century - November 16, 2010

A Matter of Trust: Integrating Privacy and Public Safety in the 21st Century - November 2010

News Release: Contained surveillance and increased oversight needed in Anti-terrorism Act to protect against loss of privacy rights - May 9, 2005

Speech: Reboot Communications Public Safety Conference - April 27, 2004

Appearance before the Legislative Committee on Bill C-17, Public Safety Act - February 6, 2003

Appearance before the Subcommittee on National Security of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights - February 10, 2003

News Release: Letter from public interest groups to the Minister of National Revenue - November 13, 2002

News Release: Column in National Post - November 15, 2002

News Release: Public Safety Act, Bill C-17 - November 1, 2002

News Release: Letter from Solicitor General Lawrence MacAulay - May 16, 2002

News Release by the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group - January 30, 2003

News Release - Letter to the Honourable David Collenette, Minister of Transport - June 18, 2002

News Release - Letter to the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Solicitor General of Canada - May 17, 2002

News Release: Letter from Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner for Ontario - May 17, 2002

News Release: Letter from the Hon. David Collenette - May 16, 2002

News Release - Letter to the Honourable David Collenette, Minister of Transport, on the subject of Bill C-55 - May 15, 2002

News Release: Letter from David Loukidelis, Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia - May 3, 2002

News Release - Bill C-55 - May 7, 2002

News Release - Bill C-55 - May 1, 2002

Statement: Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications - March 18, 2004