Privacy Legislation

The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act

The Act - choose one version below.

• The official version of the Act updated on March 3, 2006 from the Department of Justice of Canada Web site. Full document for printing
• The official version of the Act that received Royal Assent on April 13, 2000 from the House of Commons Web site. Must be downloaded in several sections. (Print format in PDF)

Implementation Schedule

• Implementation Schedule - The Act is being implemented in three stages, from January 1, 2001 to January 1, 2004.

Regulations

Regulations specifying publicly available information, investigative bodies and also an Order Binding Certain Agents of Her Majesty for the Purposes of Part 1 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act that have been published in Part II of the Canada Gazette

Order Binding Certain Agents of Her Majesty

• SOR/2001-8 – December 13, 2000 – Order Binding Certain Agents of Her Majesty for the Purposes of Part 1 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
• SOR/2005-250 – August 31, 2005 – Order Amending the Order Binding Certain Agents of Her Majesty for the Purposes of Part 1 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act

Regulations Specifying Investigative Bodies

• SOR/2001-6 – December 13, 2000
• SOR/2004-60 – March 30, 2004
• SOR/2005-34 – February 8, 2005
• SOR/2006-159 – June 23, 2006

Publicly Available Information

• SOR/2001-7 – December 13, 2000

Substantially Similar Provincial Legislation

• Process for the Determination of "Substantially Similar" Provincial Legislation by the Governor in Council
  Vol. 136, No. 31 — August 3, 2002
• SOR/2003-374 – 19 November, 2003 – Organizations in the Province of Quebec Exemption Order
• SOR/2004-219 – October 12, 2004 – Alberta's Personal Information Protection Act deemed substantially similar
• SOR/2004-220 – October 12, 2004 – British Columbia's Personal Information Protection Act deemed substantially similar
• SOR/2005-399 – November 28, 2005 – Ontario's Personal Health Information Protection Act deemed substantially similar to Part 1 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act

Privacy Principles

• The Privacy Principles - A list of fair information principles developed by the Canadian Standards Association that have been incorporated into the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (from the Department of Justice of Canada Web site).

Fact Sheet

• Privacy Legislation in Canada
• Applications for Court Hearings Under PIPEDA

Discussion Paper

• Industry Canada has commissioned a research paper on Regulations Specifying Publicly Available Information, by the firm of McCarthy Tétrault. (This requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Guides

• Your Privacy Rights: A Guide for Individuals to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. (PDF)
• Your Privacy Responsibilities: A Guide for Businesses and Organizations to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. (PDF)

Reference

• Backgrounder: The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
• A Guide to Bill C-6 - An outline of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act as of April 15, 1999 (does not include all amendments) by privacy consultant Murray Long.

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