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POP3d ?) 2003-12-01 - By R. McFarlane
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At 11:42 AM 12/1/2003, Guy Fraser, had this to say :
>I just googled for "canadian privacy act " and got loads of hits.
>
>Here is a reasonable article, explaining the respocibilies of international
>firms dealing with the Canadian law.
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>
http://www.gigalaw.com/articles/2001-all/winer-2001-02-all.html
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>This article seems to focus on the sale of personal information, but the act
>includes the retention of data that could be used for unspecified purposes.
>
>Other private information, that is not listed is :
>Banking informaion
>Social insurance infomation
>...
>
>I can 't remember all of the stuff that is considered private, but email is
>considered to be equivilant to postal mail and carries equivilant penalties
>if violated IIRC.
>
>The general ask myself is :
>
>Q. If the message came in an envelope, what should I do with it?
>A. a) deliver it.
> b) hold it until it can be delivered.
> c) DO NOT read it
> d) DO NOT extract/modify any data in the message
> e) DO NOT keep a copy of it
>
>If an idividual has information that they consider to be private, and it
>is able to be read by anyone other than that individule, the individule
>has the right to request remedial action against the company that has
>the data. Since there is no way of ensuring the data can not be read
>the best practice is not to store the data once the data has been
>retrieved.
>
>If you want to cover your butt, make sure any data that may contain
>private information is delivered to the intended recipient and not
>retained in any way.
Thanks for the info. I was unaware that it was the privacy act that is
being "enhanced ".
Sincerely,
R. McFarlane
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