ITM 350 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Symantec, Icann, Personal Information Protection And Electronic Documents Act

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 350
• Professor: Franklyn Prescod

Document Summary

Canadian legislation that has provided privacy protection for personal information since coming into full effect on january 1, 2004: major component of pipeda are, legal basis for electronic service delivery, recognizes secure electronic signatures, clarifies status of electronic records, recognizes the status of electronic statutes and regulations, amends related legislation, e. g. evidence act o. Income, purchases, and spending habits: name, age, weight, height, medical records o, race, ethnic origin, and colour, blood type, dna code, fingerprints, marital status and religion, education, home address and phone number. Establishing a privacy policy: the enactment of pipeda has led to the need for businesses and organizations to establish a privacy policy that can be disclosed and communicated to internet users and customers, many companies now have a privacy link on their websites which offers a full disclosure of the companies" policy, other privacy legislation, european union"s (eu) privacy directive, united states privacy policy modeled after the eu, the children"s online privacy protection act.