Nor does Canada's federal
public sector privacy law, the Privacy Act.
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 privacy law.
Not exact matches
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.
b. Under the GDPR a data protection impact assessment is a mandatory pre-requisite before processing personal data for operations that present particular
privacy risks to individuals due to the nature or scope of the operation (under Canadian
privacy law,
privacy impact assessments have generally only been required in the
public sector, not in the private
sector);
He values collaboration and consultation and works with
public and private
sector stakeholders, academia, civil society organizations, consumer groups and individuals to help improve
privacy protections for Canadians.Commissioner Therrien began his career practising correctional
law for the Department of the Solicitor General, the Correctional Service of Canada and the National Parole Board.
It should, hopefully, focus the mind on one of the principes of
privacy best practices that appears in almost every
public and private
sector privacy law: only collect information that's reasonably necessary for the (reasonable) purposes.
Advising clients from all
sectors on the impact of Access to Information and Freedom of Information and Protection of
Privacy laws on agreements and transactions involving governments and the
public sector, funding from or providing services to governments and litigation with governments.
Each jurisdiction has a
public -
sector privacy law that applies to government agencies, some Crown corporations, health regions and other
public -
sector organizations.