PIPEDA on the Web

NEW: As of January 1, 2004, PIPEDA will be fully in force. PIPEDA has been in force since the start of 2001 in respect of federally-regulated industries or organizations that disclose personal information outside a province for consideration. Starting in 2004, however, the obligations in PIPEDA will apply to all organizations in Canada, except in British Columbia, Alberta, and Quebec, which have substantially similar provincial legislation.

NEW: Do-not-call case page: legal briefs in the case heard by the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on November 10, 2003

Welcome to www.pipeda.org, a collection of information and links about the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, S.C. 2000, c.5 (abbreviated "PIPEDA" or "PIPED Act").

PIPEDA is a revolutionary change in Canadian privacy law. It confers extensive rights on individuals to control the collection, use, and disclosure of their personal information by organizations in the course of commercial activity.

This page has recent news, as well as links to the legal text of PIPEDA and court decisions that have considered PIPEDA.

The cases filed page contains some information about most of the cases that have been filed in Federal Court. The articles page has a collection of links to articles about PIPEDA. Most of these are from the web sites of Canadian law firms, and are brief explanations written by lawyers in bulletins sent out to their clients. And the links page has links to other web pages with useful information about privacy for consumers.

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Text of PIPEDA

Court Decisions

Articles

Cases Filed

Radwanski scandal

Misc Links

Recent news:

• Chalk one up for the job malingerers: Adjudicator's ruling on videotape takes useful weapon away from employers (National Post, December 8, 2003)
• Are companies prepared to pay the PIPEDA piper? (Computing Canada, November 28, 2003)
• Name names, or privacy law toothless (Toronto Star, November 17, 2003)
• Aiding, abetting identity theft (Toronto Star, November 10, 2003)
• Radwanski had offices swept for ‘bugs’ (Globe and Mail, November 8, 2003)
• Privacy legislation: Headache or opportunity? (Ottawa Business Journal, November 3, 2003)
• Government recommends Jennifer Stoddart as Privacy Commissioner (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, October 29, 2003)
• Lawyers tell firms get cracking on privacy (Globe and Mail, October 27, 2003)
• U.S., Canada debating anti-spam laws (CBC News, October 23, 2003)
• Aeroplan e-mails confidential addresses (Globe and Mail, October 11, 2003)
• Don't neuter our privacy watchdogs (Globe and Mail, October 10, 2003)
• Vancouver bars to implement blacklist system; all patrons to be photographed on entry (Vancouver Sun, October 7, 2003)
• Politicians trip on the Web (Globe and Mail, September 24, 2003)
• No case made for ID cards: privacy commissioner (CBC News, September 19, 2003)

• Senator Donald Oliver introduces anti-spam legislation (September 17, 2003):

  • Bill S-23, An Act to prevent unsolicited messages on the Internet (first reading)
  • Bill S-23 in pdf format (first reading)
  • Letter to the Editor from Senator Oliver
• Interim Privacy Commissioner's 2002-2003 Annual Report tabled by Parliament (Office of the Privacy Commissioner, September 17, 2003)
• Bank of Montreal hard drives containing client records put on sale through EBay (Toronto Star, September 16, 2003)
• Doctors fear new law will delay patient care (London Free Press, September 12, 2003)
• Firms need to rethink handling of customer data (Globe and Mail, August 14, 2003)
• Companies ignore privacy laws at their peril (Globe and Mail, August 14, 2003)
• Warning! Bars taking private info from cards (Halifax Herald, August 13, 2003)

Links to PIPEDA, amendments, and regulations

• Bilingual text of PIPEDA as originally enacted (pdf file from Canadian Parliament site)
• PIPEDA updated to April 30, 2003, with regulations and related information (from Department of Justice site)
• Alternate source (Canadian Legal Information Institute)

Court decisions related to PIPEDA

• Maheu v. IMS Health Canada, 2003 FCA 462
  (decision of Federal Court of Appeal, November 27, 2003)
• Englander v. Telus Communications Inc., 2003 FCT 705
  (decision of Mr. Justice Blais, Federal Court Trial Division, June 3, 2003)
• Maheu v. IMS Health Canada, 2003 FCT 647
  (decision of Prothonotary Hargrave, Federal Court Trial Division, May 27, 2003)
• L'Ecuyer v. Aéroports de Montréal, 2003 FCT 573
  (decision of Mr. Justice Pinard, Federal Court Trial Division, May 13, 2003)
• Maheu v. IMS Health Canada and The Privacy Commissioner of Canada, 2003 FCT 1
  (decision of Mr. Justice Lemieux, Federal Court Trial Division, January 3, 2003 -- ultimately upheld on appeal)
• Maheu v. IMS Health Canada and The Privacy Commissioner of Canada, 2002 FCT 558
  (decision of Prothonotary Hargrave, Federal Court Trial Division, May 14, 2002 -- ultimately reversed on appeal)
• I.B.E.W. Locals 213 and 258 et al. v. BCT.Telus Communications Inc. et al., 2002 BCSC 654
  (decision of Master Scarth, British Columbia Supreme Court, April 30, 2002 -- reference to PIPEDA is in paragraph 34)

 
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Last updated December 9, 2003.
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