Summaries of findings under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act

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2005

• PIPEDA Case summary #317: Fax from debt collector contained debtor’s personal information 
• PIPEDA Case summary #316: Hotel revises privacy policy and consent form 
• PIPEDA Case summary #315: Web-centred company's safeguards and handling of access request and privacy complaint questioned
• PIPEDA Case summary #314: Insurance company denies access to personal information in third party claimant's statement
• PIPEDA Case summary #313: Bank’s notification to customers triggers PATRIOT Act concerns
• PIPEDA Case summary #312: Bank employee’s actions deemed reprehensible
• PIPEDA Case summary #311: A woman’s activities recorded and videotaped by a private investigator hired by an insurance company 
• PIPEDA Case summary #310: Commissioner initiated complaints against Internet pharmacies 
• PIPEDA Case summary #309: Daycare denied parent access to his personal information
• PIPEDA Case summary #308: Opting-out of marketing inserts in account statements
• PIPEDA Case summary #307: Customer alleges that sale of his personal information by one bank to another occurred without his knowledge and consent
• PIPEDA Case summary #306: Physician refuses to provide access to individual's personal information
• PIPEDA Case summary #305: Internet posting violates PIPEDA
• PIPEDA Case summary #304: Movie theatre chain strengthens personal information handling practices
• PIPEDA Case summary #303: Real estate broker publishes names of top five sales representatives in a city
• PIPEDA Case summary #302: Pharmacy's privacy policy and practices considered exemplary
• PIPEDA Case summary #301: Property management company improves privacy policy
• PIPEDA Case summary #300: Company collecting consumer personal information without identifying purposes halts practice and implements privacy policies and practices
• PIPEDA Case summary #299: Thief cashes convenience cheque on cancelled credit card account
• PIPEDA Case summary #298: Store employee discloses customer telephone number to a third party
• PIPEDA Case summary #297: Unsolicited e-mail for marketing purposes
• PIPEDA Case summary #296: Language of consent and monitoring activity challenged
• PIPEDA Case summary #295: Customer concerned about mysterious debits from bank account
• PIPEDA Case summary #294: Denial of access and inappropriate disclosure allegations are made against a physician
• PIPEDA Case summary #293: Commissioner considers access, correction, and inappropriate disclosure allegations against insurance company
• PIPEDA Case summary #292: Former employer changed account information of Air Canada frequent flyer member
• PIPEDA Case summary #291: Collection agency adopts narrow interpretation of access to personal information request
• PIPEDA Case summary #290: Video surveillance cameras at food processing plant questioned
• PIPEDA Case summary #289: Stolen laptop engages bank's responsibility
• PIPEDA Case summary #288: Identification requirements for cell phone services
• PIPEDA Case summary #287: Request for medical information deemed reasonable, but consent procedures not properly followed

Definitions under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act