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An Act to support and promote electronic commerce by protecting the personal information that is collected, used or disclosed in certain circumstances, by providing for the use of electronic means to communicate or record information or transactions, and by amending the Canada Evidence Act, the Statutory Instruments Act and the Statute Revision Act
Canadian privacy law has evolved over time into what it is today. The first instance of a formal law came when, in 1977, the Canadian government introduced data protection provisions into the Canadian Human Rights Act. [2]
Prior to 2007, VPPA had not been cited by privacy attorneys as a cause of action involving electronic computing devices. Early lawsuits raising the VPPA in the context of data shared through the internet included a 2008 lawsuit against Facebook and thirty-three companies, including Blockbuster , Zappos , and Overstock.com , as well as the Lane v.
Some salient provisions of the legislation are as follows: A government institution may not collect personal information unless it relates directly to an operating program or activity of the institution (section 4).
Canada Elections Act, 2000; Canada National Parks Act, 2000; Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act, 2000; Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, 2000; Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology Act, 2001; Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, 2001; Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist ...
Consumer privacy protection is the use of laws and regulations to protect individuals from privacy loss due to the failures and limitations of corporate customer privacy measures. Corporations may be inclined to share data for commercial advantage and fail to officially recognize it as sensitive to avoid legal liability in the chance that ...
The Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA; French: Bureau de la consommation) is a Government of Canada agency under Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, which is responsible for consumer protection and promotion. The OCA is mandated "to these responsibilities by building trust in the marketplace so that consumers can both protect ...
Many privacy experts have called for omnibus privacy protection legislation in the US [28] in lieu of the current blend of self-regulation and selective codification in certain sectors. [ 29 ] Critics from a business perspective often prefer to limit FIPs to reduced elements of notice, consent, and accountability.