In this section, you will find information on the Privacy Commissioner's findings on complaints made under both federal privacy laws - the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Privacy Act.

	View summaries of the Commissioner's findings under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act

Findings under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act

The Privacy Commissioner is committed to her mandate to inform the public and stakeholders about Canada's newest privacy law. In this section, you will find case summaries of the Commissioner's findings on complaints made under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.

The case summaries offer concrete examples of, and guidance on, how the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act applies to the day-to-day management of personal information by organizations. The subject of the complaints is varied, ranging from privacy of health information, to financial confidentiality, to personal information-handling practices of different organizations.

Please note that these case summaries are intended to provide examples for public education purposes, but we do not post them for all findings under the PIPED Act. In certain cases, for example, when a summary dealing with this subject is already on the Web site or there is limited educational value, we may decide not to post a case summary.

In this section, complainants are not named. The organizations in question are not identified unless the Commissioner has deemed it in the public interest to do so.

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

Findings under the Privacy Act

In this section, you will find the Privacy Commissioner's findings on complaints made under the Privacy Act, the law that covers the federal public sector.

This section includes only selected reports of findings that the Privacy Commissioner has felt that it was in the public interest to make public. The complainants' names have been removed. However, the government institutions have been identified.

The findings demonstrate how the Privacy Act applies to the way the Federal Government collects, uses or discloses your personal information.

• Summaries of findings under the Privacy Act