Fact Sheets

Application of PIPEDA

• Complying with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
• How to Access your Personal Information and Lodge Complaints
  • The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
• Questions and Answers regarding the application of PIPEDA, Alberta and British Columbia's Personal Information Protection Acts
• The Application of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act to Charitable and Non-Profit Organizations
• Best Practices for dealing with pre-PIPEDA personal information (grandfathering)
• Determining the appropriate form of consent under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
• Municipalities, Universities, Schools, and Hospitals
• Applications for Court Hearings Under PIPEDA

The Privacy Act

• Privacy Legislation in Canada
• How to Access your Personal Information and Lodge Complaints
  • The Privacy Act
  • Info Source and the Privacy Act
• The Privacy Act: Not an excuse to promote secrecy
• Privacy Impact Assessments

General

• Best Practices for Recording of Customer Telephone Calls (Revised in October 2007)
• Digital Rights Management and Technical Protection Measures
• Faxing Personal Information
• Privacy Legislation in Canada
• Protecting Your Personal Information
• RFID Technology
• Social Networking and Privacy
• The Risks of Metadata
• Your Daily Data Trail

Identity Theft

• Photo Identification Guidance
• Identity Theft: What it is and what you can do about it
• Protecting Your Privacy on the Internet
• Five Key Steps to Reduce the Risk of Identity Theft
• Identity Theft Primer
• Identity Theft Checklist
• Businesses and Identity Theft
• Recognizing Threats to Personal Data: Four Ways That Personal Information Gets Hijacked Online

Personal Information Transferred Across Borders

• What Canadians Can Do to Protect Their Personal Information Transferred Across Borders

Privacy Complaints

• How to Access your Personal Information and Lodge Complaints
  • The Privacy Act
  • The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
  • Info Source and the Privacy Act
• Organizations' Guide to Complaint Investigations under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act

Social Insurance Number

• Social Insurance Number
• Best Practices for the use of Social Insurance Numbers in the private sector

Workplace Privacy

• Privacy in the Workplace
• Application of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act to Employee Records