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  2. Canadian privacy law - Wikipedia

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    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] In 1982, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms outlined that everyone has "the right to life, liberty and security of the person" and "the right to be free from unreasonable search or ...

  3. Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act

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    The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA; French: Loi sur la protection des renseignements personnels et les documents électroniques) is a Canadian law relating to data privacy. [2] It governs how private sector organizations collect, use and disclose personal information in the course of commercial business.

  4. Privacy Act (Canada) - Wikipedia

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    An Act to extend the present laws of Canada that protect the privacy of individuals and that provide individuals with a right of access to personal information about themselves Citation R.S.C., 1985, c. P-21

  5. Freedom of information in Canada - Wikipedia

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    In September 2008, a 393-page report sponsored by several Canadian newspaper groups, compared Canada's Access to Information Act to the FOI laws of the provinces and of 68 other nations titled: Fallen Behind: Canada's Access to Information Act in the World Context.

  6. Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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    In R. v. TELUS Communications Co., the Supreme Court of Canada found that the reasonable expectation of privacy protected by Section 8 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms applies to modern communications technologies such as text messages, even if the data in question is located on a third-party server.

  7. Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

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    It is commonly abbreviated "FIPPA" or "FOIPPA", though other Canadian provinces such as Alberta, and Ontario, use similar FIPPA acronyms for their public sector privacy law. "BC FIPPA" can be used as an acronym for further differentiation.

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    Search the web. Legal Main; Terms of Service Summary; Terms of Service; Legal Information Privacy Policy. Privacy Policy Highlights

  9. Privacy law - Wikipedia

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    Canadian privacy laws also interact with international frameworks, notably the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Although PIPEDA shares many similarities with GDPR, there are nuanced differences, particularly in terms of consent and data subject rights.