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2005

• Privacy Commissioner of Canada awards $148,850 for research on privacy issues.
  (December 22, 2005)
  • Backgrounder
• Media Advisory: Privacy Commissioner of Canada to appear before House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics.
  (October 19, 2005)
• Privacy Commissioner’s 2004-2005 Annual Report on the Privacy Act tabled in Parliament – Commissioner calls for reform to the Privacy Act.
  (October 6, 2005)
  • Annual Report to Parliament 2004-2005 — Report on the Privacy Act (Adobe format)
• Privacy Commissioner’s 2004 Annual Report on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act tabled in Parliament – Commissioner reports on the first year of full implementation of Canada's private sector privacy law.
  (October 6, 2005)
  • Annual Report to Parliament 2004 — Report on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Adobe format)
• Media Advisory: Privacy Commissioner of Canada's Annual Reports to Parliament to be tabled on October 6, 2005.
  (October 5, 2005)
• Declaration: Towards the recognition of a universal right to data protection and privacy
  (September 16, 2005)
  • Montreux Declaration — The protection of personal data and privacy in a globalized world: a universal right respecting diversities
  • Resolution on the use of biometrics in passports, identity cards and travel documents
  • Resolution on the use of personal data for political communication
• Privacy Commissioner raises concerns that no-fly list will infringe on privacy rights
  (August 9, 2005)
  • Questions submitted to Transport Canada, regarding plans for a "no-fly list"
• Privacy Commissioner renews funding for research into emerging privacy issues
  (July 6, 2005)
  • 2005-2006 Program Summary
  • 2005-2006 Applicant's Guide (PDF)
• Majority of Canadians demand informed consent on cross-border sharing of their personal information.
  (June 20, 2005)
  
  • Canadians, Privacy, and Emerging Issue
• Privacy Commissioner of Canada to appear before Standing Committee on Industry, Natural Resources, Science and Technology to discuss her views on S-18, An Act to Amend the Statistics Act.
  (June 14, 2005)
• Privacy Commissioner of Canada to appear before Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness to discuss her views on Bill C-16, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (impaired driving) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.
  (June 6, 2005)
• Privacy Commissioner of Canada to appear before Subcommittee on Public Safety and National Security to discuss her views on the review of the Anti-terrorism Act.
  (May 30, 2005)
• Privacy Commissioner of Canada to appear before Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics to discuss Main Estimates.
  (May 30, 2005)
• Contained surveillance and increased oversight needed in Anti-terrorism Act to protect against loss of privacy rights.
  (May 9, 2005)
  
  • Opening Statement by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on the Anti-terrorism Act
  • Position Statement by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on the Anti-terrorism Act
• Privacy Commissioner of Canada to appear before Committee to discuss her views on the review of the Anti-terrorism Act.
  (May 6, 2005)
• Failure of CIBC's privacy practices a wake-up call to businesses.
  (April 18, 2005)
  • CIBC’s privacy practices failed in cases of misdirected faxes
  • Addendum to CIBC fax incident summary
• Privacy Commissioner awards $371,590 to non-profit organizations for research into the privacy impact of emerging technologies.
  (January 27, 2005)
  
  

  Research Projects
  

  • Privacy Commissioner awards $50,000 to Canadian Marketing Association for research into best practices into consumer privacy
  
  
  
  • Privacy Commissioner awards $50,000 to the École nationale d'administration publique (ÉNAP) for research into the use of surveillance cameras
  
  
  
  • Privacy Commissioner awards $49,972 to Queen's University for study on privacy implications of location technologies
  
  
  
  • Privacy Commissioner of Canada awards $49,775 to the B.C Freedom of Information and Privacy Association for a study on identity theft
  
  
  
  • Privacy Commissioner awards $49,600 to the Universities of Alberta and Victoria for a study on PIPEDA and electronic health records
  
  
  
  • Privacy Commissioner awards $48,300 to the University of Toronto for research into the effectiveness of web-based privacy notices
  
  
  
  • Privacy Commissioner awards $27,390 to the University of Victoria for a study into the privacy impact of geographic location technologies
  
  
  
  • Privacy Commissioner awards $17,100 to Option Consommateurs to study the effectiveness of consumer identification with new methods of electronic payment
  
  
  
  • Privacy Commissioner awards $14,850 to Simon Fraser University for privacy research into prepaid communications services
  
  
  
  • Privacy Commissioner awards $14,603 to Dalhousie University for a study on the legal and privacy implications of RFID tags