PIPEDA and Your Practice — A Privacy Handbook for Lawyers was launched by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada at the Canadian Bar Association Canadian Legal Conference and Expo 2011. This new handbook explains how the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) relates to the everyday practice of Canadian lawyers in private sector.
Read moreThe tragedy of September 11th shook our sense of collective security to its core. With that, security measures were tightened, constricting the movement of travellers and trade across the Canada-US border.
Read moreThe Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is launching a new youth privacy tool that will help teachers and community leaders talk with younger Canadians about their privacy online.
Read moreCanadians are heavy users of social networks and other communications technologies, but many are not taking basic steps to protect their personal information, a comprehensive new survey has found.
Read morePrivacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart today announced the addition of three new members to her Office’s External Advisory Committee.
Read moreDo youth care about privacy? We will explore this question on September 8, 2011, when our Office holds its next Insights on Privacy armchair discussion. We have invited two experts on young people’s use of social media, Kate Raynes-Goldie (@oceanpark) and Matthew Johnson (@MFJ72) to talk about what privacy means to youth and how we can help youth preserve their privacy by promoting digital literacy skills.
Read moreThe Media Awareness Network, benefactor of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner’s Contributions Program, has launched the third Phase (Phase III) of its ongoing study, Young Canadians in a Wired World (YCWW). This third phase is a crucial element to the project, as it will shed a more distinct light on the need for online education resources in classrooms and communities.
Read moreOne of the themes to emerge from our 2010 Consumer Privacy Consultations was the blurring of the divide between our public and private lives online. As we note in our consultation report:
Read moreOur Office has just announced this year’s recipients of our Contributions Program, which funds data privacy research and public awareness projects.
Read moreWe have been following recent cases where online social networks have been accused of leaking personal information to third parties. The leakage is caused by the networks’ use of referrer headers (information about where on the web a user is coming from) that can include the username, allowing automatic linking to profile information if it is available.
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