The Privacy Commissioner of Canada's blog features a top ten list of reforms to the Privacy Act.
Privacy Commissioner on How to Fix the Privacy Act
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Transport Canada published my address
Transport Canada published the name and address of every registered boat owner, large and small. I think this is a misuse of my private information – they claim it’s required by legislation to publish the registry. I doubt the legislation considered having the information available on the Web for anyone mining for information for identity theft or home theft!