Text Box: As of January 1, 2004, the Act will cover the collection, use or disclosure of personal information in the course of any commercial activity within provinces, including provincially regulated organizations. The Act will also apply to all personal information in all inter-provincial and international transactions by all organizations subject to the Act. Personal information includes any factual or subjective information, recorded or not, about an identifiable individual. This includes information in any form, such as: age, name, ID numbers, income, ethnic origin, blood type, opinions, evaluations, comments, social status, or disciplinary actions. As well as information like employee files, credit records, loan records, medical records, existence of a dispute between a consumer and a merchant, intentions (for example, to acquire goods or services). Private sector organizations must follow a code for the protection of personal information, which is included in the Act as Schedule 1. The code was developed by business, consumers, academics and government under the auspices of the Canadian Standards Association. It lists 10 principles of fair information practices, which form ground rules for the collection, use and disclosure of personal information. These principles give individuals control over how their personal information is handled in the private sector. An organization is responsible for the protection of personal information and the fair handling of it at all times, throughout the organization and in dealings with third parties. The 10 principles that businesses must follow are: Accountability, Identifying Purposes, Consent, Limiting collection, Limiting use as well as disclosure and retention, Accuracy, Safeguards, Openness, Individual access, Challenging compliance. Text Box: Network Security Consulting

 

Privacy Act and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act

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