Appeared in the Toronto Star on January 22, 2007 as Privacy Breaches Expose Flaws in Law Privacy took centre stage in Canada late last week as TJX Cos., the parent company of retail giants Winners and HomeSense, disclosed that as many as two million Canadian credit cards may have been […]
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PIPEDA Hearings – Day 05 (CMA, FETCO)
Today marked the fifth day of PIPEDA hearings with the Canadian Marketing Association and FETCO (Federally Regulated Employers Transportation and Communication) taking centre stage. The gist of today's discussion from the witnesses – no order making power, cautious approach on security breach disclosure, and cut back on employee privacy rights. The MPs have begun to settle into specific issues with the Conservative members focused on the compliance costs, while the opposition members more receptive to enhanced privacy rights within PIPEDA. Shiran Sabari provides a complete look at the discussion:
PIPEDA Hearings – Day 03 (Privacy Commissioner of Canada)
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada appeared before the committee on Monday in what is likely to be the first of two appearances (she indicated she would return at the end of the hearings). While the Commissioner asked for security breach disclosure legislation and identified cross-border data transfers as a concern, the big story of the day is that she effectively killed the prospect of order-making power. A shift toward order-making power was raised in both prior hearings and is likely to surface again when several privacy advocates appear before the committee. My guess is that the issue is now dead – the Commissioner opened by stating that she was not seeking any additional enforcement powers.
The move took committee members by surprise – several asked for clarification or reasons behind the decision. The Commissioner indicated that order making power raised other concerns and that it was premature to change the PIPEDA framework. With order making power likely finished (the committee is not going to add order making power if the Commissioner and the Industry Minister don't want it), the key remaining issues to look out for are security breach disclosure, cross-border transfers, the costs of PIPEDA to small business (a big concern for the Conservative members of the committee), and questions around the definition of "work product."
A full review of the day's events, thanks to Kathi Simmons, follows.
PIPEDA Hearings – Day 02 (B.C. Privacy Experts)
The second day of PIPEDA hearings featured two privacy experts from B.C. – Richard Rosenberg of the B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association and Professor Colin Bennett of the University of Victoria. The discussion interestingly focused on several issues that I highlighted in my article this week including naming names and order making power. Thanks to Kathi Simmons and Shiran Sabari, below is full look at the day's discussion.
PIPEDA Review Underway Today
My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) examines the PIPEDA review which begins today. Representatives from Industry Canada will lead off, followed over the next week by privacy experts and the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. With the hearings expected to extend into mid-December, I argue that it […]
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