Reports and Publications

OPC Guidance Documents

• Privacy Emergency Kit
  May 8, 2013
• Privacy Awareness Week 2013
  April 25, 2013
• Information for individuals regarding the loss of the HRSDC hard drive
  January 18, 2013
• Data Privacy Day 2013
  December 18, 2012
• Gaming consoles and personal information: playing with privacy
  November 5, 2012
• Seizing Opportunity: Good Privacy Practices for Developing Mobile Apps
  October 24, 2012
• Cloud Computing for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Privacy Responsibilities and Considerations
  June 14, 2012
• Privacy Awareness Week 2012
  April 30, 2012
• Privacy and PCMLTFA: How to balance your customers' privacy rights and your organization's anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing reporting requirements - Overview for point-of-service workers
  March 29, 2012
• March is Fraud Prevention Month
  March 1, 2012
• Data Privacy Day 2012
  December 14, 2011
• Small Business Week: October 16-22, 2011
  October 17, 2011
• PIPEDA and Your Practice: A Privacy Handbook for Lawyers
  August 16, 2011
• Expectations: A Guide for Submitting Privacy Impact Assessments to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
  March 16, 2011
• Data at Your Fingertips – Biometrics and the Challenges to Privacy
  February 16, 2011
• Data Privacy Day 2011
  January 24, 2011
  • Protect your personal information because the Internet never forgets, Privacy Commissioner of Canada says
  • Data Privacy Day giveaway – tweet and win!
  • Data Privacy Day posters and graphics
  • Fact Sheet: Privacy on the Go: 10 Tips for Individuals on Protecting Personal Information on Mobile Devices
  • Fact Sheet: Privacy on the Go: 10 Workplace Tips for Protecting Personal Information on Mobile Devices
• A Matter of Trust: Integrating Privacy and Public Safety in the 21^st Century
  November 16, 2010
• Electronic Disclosure of Personal Information in the Decisions of Administrative Tribunals – What should administrative tribunals consider when contemplating Internet publication of their decisions?
  February 26, 2010
• PIPEDA and the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act - Detailed questions and answers
  January 2010
• Privacy in the Time of a Pandemic: Guidance for Organizations
  October 28, 2009
• Guidance on Covert Video Surveillance in the Private Sector
  May 27, 2009
• Safeguarding Your Personal Information
  An Overview of Privacy Protections in the Federal Government
  April 1, 2009
• Identity Theft and You (PDF version)
  A brochure that describes some of the steps you can take to safeguard your identity.
  March 31, 2009
• Data Privacy Day
  January 28, 2009
  • Top 10 Ways Your Privacy is Threatened
• Privacy and Your Business – Privacy Breach Handbook (PDF version)
  November 5, 2008
• Privacy Guide for Small Businesses: The Basics (PDF version)
  October 17, 2008
• PIPEDA Self-Assessment Tool (PDF version)
  August 27, 2008
• Leading by Example: Key Developments in the First Seven Years of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) (PDF version)
  May 23, 2008
• Canadian Bar Association Canadian Legal Conference and Expo – launch of the document entitled: Learning from A Decade of Experience: Quebec's Private Sector Privacy Act, Vancouver, B.C.
  August 16, 2005
• Your Privacy Responsibilities: A Guide for Businesses and Organizations to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. (PDF version)
• Your Privacy Rights: A Guide for Individuals to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. (PDF version)