Most churches collect and use personal information in the course of their ministry. Documents which might include personal identifiable information includes baptismal, marriage and burial (private cemetery) records. Once these types of records are created, they must be retained for legal purposes. Other types of records, which are generated only to fulfil immediate tasks, such…
Albertans have a growing interest and expressed concern about the practice retailers have developed around the collection of their Personal Identifiable Information, specifically their Driver’s Licence digits. Retailers have an obligation to consider gathering Driver’s Licence Numbers and are encouraged to carefully consider if they actually need this information or not. They are also required…
Under the private sector law, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), it is virtually a requirement to have a CPO[i]. It is important for the corporation to know that this role is not window dressing. The role requires a privacy champion, an advocate who leads by example within their environment, someone who promotes…
“Privacy is the interest that individuals have in sustaining a ‘personal space’, free from interference by other people and organizations”[i] and it’s “about the integrity of the individual”[ii]. These are broad working definitions of privacy which Roger Clarke has used for decades. If we agree that privacy is related to the individual who also has…
We have been receiving inquiries this week regarding what types of personal health information employees need to disclose to their employers during a Public Health Emergency. As organizations are working to establish new tools, protocols, procedures and processes for the crisis while in the midst of it, it is important to know how to balance…
Describe how information access principals are emerging in non-governmental sectors. Once the public has lost trust in their government or in the non-governmental sector, it is difficult to restore stakeholder and investor confidence. Loss of trust can be accomplished in many ways, such as, poor access and privacy culture[i] at an organizational level. Information access…