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Privacy Commissioner of Canada Jennifer Stoddart wants Canadians to make privacy a priority in 2007. Today she released her top 10 resolutions for consumers to protect their privacy in 2007 and beyond.
They are:

Guard your informationAsk questions when a cashier ringing in your purchases wants your name, address or telephone number. Why is the information being [...]

Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner, Frank Work, has opened an investigation into an allegation that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board posted personal information on its internet site, contrary to Alberta’s privacy legislation.
Personal information was collected about a number of residents and landowners in the area of two proposed sour gas wells near the community [...]

The Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner announced the first charges laid under the Health Information Act.
Four charges have been laid against an individual under the Health Information Act. She has been summoned to appear in Calgary Court on January 15, 2007. This is the first time charges have been laid under provisions of the [...]

New provincial legislation which will ensure that Nova Scotians’ personal information is not at risk from activities under the U.S. Patriot Act has been proclaimed today (November 15th).
The new Personal Information International Disclosure Protection Act outlines a series of requirements and penalties that protect personal information from inappropriate disclosure.
The act provides protection regarding storage, disclosure [...]

The latest issue of Blaney McMurtry Employment Notes covers these topics:

“Voiceprint Security: Is It Too Invasive?” Bill Anderson
“Recruitment of Foreign Workers to Canada” Suzanne Bailey & Ian Epstein
“Sick Leaves And Medical Diagnosis – The Limits Of An Employer’s Right To Know” Jill McCutcheon
“The Supreme Court Of Canada Rules On The [...]

Liberal party officials shut down a website showing how much money leadership candidates have raised Wednesday after personal information about the hopefuls was inadvertently included.
The party had posted lists of donations received by each of the 10 candidates on its website Wednesday afternoon.
CBC News: Liberal website gaffe reveals addresses, phone numbers.

 News Release: Alberta’s Information and Privacy Commissioner has initiated an investigation into a stolen laptop computer which contains financial and other personal information about possibly 8,000 clients of MD Management, a subsidiary of the Canadian Medical Association. Commissioner Frank Work has the authority under the  Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), to conduct an investigation to ensure compliance [...]

OTTAWA, June 30 /CNW Telbec/ – Canadians want the government and businesses to take their responsibility for safeguarding personal information more seriously, according to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Jennifer Stoddart, who released today the findings from a poll commissioned by her Office. The study reveals that most Canadians believe that neither the government or [...]

Indeed, the court had little confidence in the complaints mechanism, which it viewed as inadequate because “the Privacy Commissioner has no authority to issue decisions binding on the government institution or the party contesting the disclosure. Nor does the Commissioner have an injunctive power which would allow it to stay the disclosure of information pending [...]

Ottawa, March 22, 2006 – The Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Jennifer Stoddart, today announced the renewal of funding through her Office’s Contributions Program which, for the last three years, has allowed some of Canada’s brightest privacy experts to develop a wealth of information on various privacy challenges of the 21st century.
“Knowledge is the ultimate currency, [...]