LAW 529 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Personal Information Protection And Electronic Documents Act, Pension, The Employer

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 529
• Professor: Peter Wilson

Document Summary

Genesis of privacy law: much of it is subject matter-related statutes (health information) or legislation that addresses 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. The act covers personal information held by organizations in the private sector: ontario has no comparable legislation. Purpose: to balance an individual"s rights to have personal information kept private with an organization"s need to collect, use, and disclose personal information where necessary. It applies to all organizations in canada, both federally and provincially regulated, that collect, use or disclose personal information in the course of commercial activities. Therefore, provincially-regulated employers in ontario are covered by pipeda for: suppliers, customers, clients, members, and independent contractors: pipeda does not apply to personal employee information of provincially regulated employers. Employee personal information that is transferred to for-profit third parties, such as pension plan administrators;