CIPP/C - Canadian Privacy Certification - Chapter 1 | 65 Questions with 100% correct answers | Verified

Canadian Legal System - Federal - Powers of the Constitution Trade and Commerce (privacy), Criminal law, banking, national defense. Provincial - Division of Powers Civil and Property Rights (privacy), hospitals, education, municipalities Territorial - Usually fall under federal - do have some public sector privacy laws Canadian Laws anchored in OECD Principles - Accountability Purpose Specification Collection Limitation Use Limitation Data Quality Security Safeguards Openness Individual Participation Canadian Sector Specific Laws - Federal Bank Act Consumer Credit Reporting Laws Provincial Laws Governing Credit Unions and Personal Information Collected by Individuals Provincial Privacy Laws - Personal Information Protection Act - Alberta Personal Information Protection Act - BC The Act Respecting the Protection of Personal Information - Quebec Private Sector Privacy Laws - Purpose and Applicability - Relates to every organization that collects, uses, and discloses personal information in the course of commercial activitiesPrivate Sector Privacy Laws - Not Covered - Public Sector Organizations Individual's collection of PI for domestic purposes Collection for journalistic or artistic purposes Private Sector Privacy Laws - Exemptions to General Legal Obligations - If it is clearly in the interest of the individual If it is an emergency that threatens life, health or security of an individual If it is reasonable to assume that collection with the knowledge of the individual would compromise the availability of the information and collection is required to investigate a breach of contract or contravention of law Private Sector Privacy Laws - Refusal of Access - If it would reveal access to another individual's personal information If the organization has already disclosed the information to a government institution for national security or law enforcement purposes Classes of Privacy - Information Privacy Privacy of the Person Territorial Privacy In real life, more than one area of privacy may be relevant. Information Privacy - Has been defined as "the claim of individuals, groups, or institutions to determine for themselves when, how, and to what extent information about them is communicated to others". Its protection is predicated on the assumption that all information about a person is in a fundamental way his own, for him to communicate or retain as he sees fit.