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Privacy is Your Right
Be Smart, Be Safe, But Don't be
Left Behind!
Protect Your Privacy Online
Canada's Privacy Law protects your
privacy online. The Personal
Information Protection and Electronic
Documents Act (PIPEDA), can be found
at the following web address when you
are connected to the Internet
(http://www.privcom.gc.ca/legislation/02_06_01_e.asp).
It came into being in three phases
outlined below:
Phase One
- Applied to personal
information about customers or
employees in federally regulated
sectors – such as banks and
telecommunications companies.
Phase Two
- PIPEDA was extended to cover
personal health information
collected, used, or disclosed by
these organizations.
Phase Three
- Now covers all personal
information of customers that is
collected, used, or disclosed in
the course of commercial
activities by private sector
organizations.
- Applies to personal
information collected, used or
disclosed in the course of
commercial activities, whether in
the real world or
on the Internet. It also applies
to personal information disclosed
to another province or country
for profit or gain, where the
information is the subject of the
transaction.
- The Act specifies what
information a Web site can
collect from you and how it can
collect the information. It also
specifies how this information
can be used. As well, it gives
you control over how your
personal information, including
your email address, is used.
- The Act also gives you the
right to gain access to and
correct information a web site
has about you. (1).
Bibliography
1.) The Privacy Commission of
Canada, "Fact Sheet: Protecting
Your Privacy on the Internet" ,
viewed 14 January 2006. ( http://www.privcom.gc.ca/fs-fi/02_05_d_13_e.asp)
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