The Commissioner is an advocate for the
privacy rights of Canadians and her powers include: Investigating complaints, conducting audits and pursuing court action under two federal laws - Privacy Act and Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA); Publicly reporting on the personal information - handling practices of public and private sector organizations; Supporting, undertaking and publishing research into privacy issues; and Promoting public awareness and understanding of privacy
privacy rights of Canadians and her powers include: Investigating complaints, conducting audits and pursuing court action under two federal laws -
Privacy Act and Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA); Publicly reporting on the personal information - handling practices of public and private sector organizations; Supporting, undertaking and publishing research into privacy issues; and Promoting public awareness and understanding of privacy
Privacy Act and Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents
Act (PIPEDA); Publicly reporting on the personal information - handling practices of
public and private
sector organizations; Supporting, undertaking and publishing research into
privacy issues; and Promoting public awareness and understanding of privacy
privacy issues; and Promoting
public awareness and understanding of
privacy privacy issues.
Under this new legislation, the Commissioner's Office is now required to regularly review the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre (FINTRAC's) compliance with the
Privacy Act, the federal public sector priva
Privacy Act, the federal
public sector privacyprivacy law.