LAW 529 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Social Insurance Number, Desertion, Personal Information Protection And Electronic Documents Act

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 529
• Professor: Tim Bartkiw

Document Summary

Chapter 10 privacy: historically, the right to privacy was not recognized as a distinct right under the common law, much of it is subject matter-related statutes (health information) or legislation that addresses. In recent years dramatic growth has taken place in privacy legislation the retention and rights of access to personal information held by governments (e. g. , the federal. Privacy act, 1985: among the many privacy statutes, the most notable is the federal personal information. I(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals ha(cid:448)e a right to gai(cid:374) a(cid:272)(cid:272)ess to their i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d to (cid:272)halle(cid:374)ge a(cid:374) orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)"s treatment of it or its accuracy. Individuals may make a complaint to the office of the privacy commissioner of canada. Fact scenario 1: privacy commissioner case summary 69, the privacy commissioner concluded that the employer in that instance would not use the e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)ee"s o(cid:272)ial i(cid:374)sura(cid:374)(cid:272)e nu(cid:373)(cid:271)er o(cid:374) a fu(cid:374)draisi(cid:374)g pledge for(cid:373) a(cid:374)d other i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)al e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)ee identification forms. It is to be used for payroll purposes only.