Complaints Received Under New Canadian Privacy Act
Canada's privacy commissioner has received four formal requests for investigation under the newly enacted Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. The Act provides broad privacy protections for Canadians, including a requirement for express opt-in consent before businesses can collect, use, or transfer personal information and the right to access personal information held in private databases.Confidentiality fears swamping privacy watchdog, The Toronto Star, January 17, 2001.
Net privacy big issue: poll Eighty per cent of Canadian users concerned about personal information, Montreal Gazette, January 17, 2001.
Guarding consumer privacy isn't just the law -- it could keep your e-business from crumbling, Globe and Mail, January 25, 2001.
