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Canadian Privacy Law
Canadian privacy law is derived from the common law, statutes of the Parliament of Canada and the various provincial legislatures, and the ''Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms''. Perhaps ironically, Canada's legal conceptualization of privacy, along with most modern legal Western conceptions of privacy, can be traced back to Warren and Brandeis’s "The Right to Privacy" published in the ''Harvard Law Review'' in 1890, Holvast states "Almost all authors on privacy start the discussion with the famous article ' The Right to Privacy' of Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis". Evolution of Canadian privacy statutes Canadian privacy law has evolved over time into what it is today. The first instance of a formal law came when, in 1977, the Canadian government introduced data protection provisions into the Canadian Human Rights Act. In 1982, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms outlined that everyone has "the right to life, liberty and security of the person" and "the right to be ...
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Common Law
Common law (also known as judicial precedent, judge-made law, or case law) is the body of law primarily developed through judicial decisions rather than statutes. Although common law may incorporate certain statutes, it is largely based on precedent—judicial rulings made in previous similar cases. The presiding judge determines which precedents to apply in deciding each new case. Common law is deeply rooted in Precedent, ''stare decisis'' ("to stand by things decided"), where courts follow precedents established by previous decisions. When a similar case has been resolved, courts typically align their reasoning with the precedent set in that decision. However, in a "case of first impression" with no precedent or clear legislative guidance, judges are empowered to resolve the issue and establish new precedent. The common law, so named because it was common to all the king's courts across England, originated in the practices of the courts of the English kings in the centuries fo ...
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Personal Information Protection Act (British Columbia)
The ''Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act'' (PIPEDA; ) is a Canadian law relating to data privacy. It governs how private sector organizations collect, use and disclose personal information in the course of commercial business. In addition, the ''Act'' contains various provisions to facilitate the use of electronic documents. PIPEDA became law on 13 April 2000 to promote consumer trust in electronic commerce. The act was also intended to reassure the European Union that the Canadian privacy law was adequate to protect the personal information of European citizens. In accordance with section 29 of PIPEDA, Part I of the ''Act'' ("Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector") must be reviewed by Parliament every five years. The first Parliamentary review occurred in 2007. PIPEDA incorporates and makes mandatory provisions of the Canadian Standards Association's Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information, developed in 1995. However, t ...
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Office Of The Access To Information And Privacy Commissioner (New Brunswick)
An office is a space where the employees of an organization perform administrative work in order to support and realize the various goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it (see officer or official); the latter is an earlier usage, as "office" originally referred to the location of one's duty. In its adjective form, the term "office" may refer to business-related tasks. In law, a company or organization has offices in any place where it has an official presence, even if that presence consists of a storage silo. For example, instead of a more traditional establishment with a desk and chair, an office is also an architectural and design phenomenon, including small offices, such as a bench in the corner of a small business or a room in someone's home (see small office/home office), entire floors of buildings, and massive buildings dedicated entirely to one company. In modern terms, an office i ...
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Personal Health Information Privacy And Access Act
Personal may refer to: Aspects of persons' respective individualities * Privacy * Personality * Personal, personal advertisement, variety of classified advertisement used to find romance or friendship Companies * Personal, Inc., a Washington, D.C.–based tech startup * The Personal, a Canadian-based group car insurance and home insurance company * Telecom Personal, a mobile phone company in Argentina and Paraguay Music * ''Personal'' (Men of Vizion album), 1996 * Personal (George Howard album), 1990 * Personal (Florrie album), 2023 * ''Personal'', an album by Quique González, or the title song * "Message"/"Personal", a 2003 song by Aya Ueto * "Personal" (Hrvy song), a song from ''Talk to Ya'' * "Personal" (The Vamps song), a song from ''Night & Day'' *"Personal", a song by Kehlani from ''SweetSexySavage'' *"Personal", a song by Olly Murs from his 2012 album '' Right Place Right Time'' *"Personal", a song by Against the Current from their 2018 album '' Past Lives'' Books ...
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Commission D'accès à L'information Du Québec
In-Commission or commissioning may refer to: Business and contracting * Commission (remuneration), a form of payment to an agent for services rendered ** Commission (art), the purchase or the creation of a piece of art most often on behalf of another * A contract for performance or creation of a specific work * Commissioning (other), a process or service provided to validate the completeness and accuracy of a project or venture Government Civil * A government agency, regulatory agency or statutory authority which operates under the authority of a board of commissioners, including: ** Independent agencies of the United States government *An executive branch of government, often with characteristics of other branches of government: ** Town commissioners, elected local government bodies established in urban areas in Ireland in the 19th century ** City commission, a form of local government (common in the United States) ** The European Commission, a body incorporating featur ...
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An Act Respecting The Protection Of Personal Information In The Private Sector
The ''Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act'' (PIPEDA; ) is a Canadian law relating to data privacy. It governs how private sector organizations collect, use and disclose personal information in the course of commercial business. In addition, the ''Act'' contains various provisions to facilitate the use of electronic documents. PIPEDA became law on 13 April 2000 to promote consumer trust in electronic commerce. The act was also intended to reassure the European Union that the Canadian privacy law was adequate to protect the personal information of European citizens. In accordance with section 29 of PIPEDA, Part I of the ''Act'' ("Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector") must be reviewed by Parliament every five years. The first Parliamentary review occurred in 2007. PIPEDA incorporates and makes mandatory provisions of the Canadian Standards Association's Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information, developed in 1995. However, t ...
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Information And Privacy Commissioner Of Ontario
Information is an abstract concept that refers to something which has the power to inform. At the most fundamental level, it pertains to the interpretation (perhaps formally) of that which may be sensed, or their abstractions. Any natural process that is not completely random and any observable pattern in any medium can be said to convey some amount of information. Whereas digital signals and other data use discrete signs to convey information, other phenomena and artifacts such as analogue signals, poems, pictures, music or other sounds, and currents convey information in a more continuous form. Information is not knowledge itself, but the meaning that may be derived from a representation through interpretation. The concept of ''information'' is relevant or connected to various concepts, including constraint, communication, control, data, form, education, knowledge, meaning, understanding, mental stimuli, pattern, perception, proposition, representatio ...
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Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004
The ''Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004'' (), also known as PHIPA, is Ontario legislation established in November 2004. PHIPA is one of two components of the ''Health Information Protection Act 2004''. The ''Health Information Protection Act'', also established in 2004, comprises two schedules: PHIPA (Schedule A) and the ''Quality of Care Information Protection Act'' (Schedule B). The PHIPA replaced the ''Health Cards and Numbers Control Act'' (SO 1991, c 1). PHIPA provides a set of rules for the collection, use and disclosure of personal health information by a "Health Information Custodian" (HIC), and includes the following provisions: * Consent is required for the collection, use and disclosure of personal health information, with few exceptions * HICs are required to treat all personal health information as confidential and maintain its security * Individuals have a right to access their personal health information, as well as the right to correct errors * Indi ...
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Office Of The Information And Privacy Commissioner For Nova Scotia
An office is a space where the employees of an organization perform administrative work in order to support and realize the various goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it (see officer or official); the latter is an earlier usage, as "office" originally referred to the location of one's duty. In its adjective form, the term "office" may refer to business-related tasks. In law, a company or organization has offices in any place where it has an official presence, even if that presence consists of a storage silo. For example, instead of a more traditional establishment with a desk and chair, an office is also an architectural and design phenomenon, including small offices, such as a bench in the corner of a small business or a room in someone's home (see small office/home office), entire floors of buildings, and massive buildings dedicated entirely to one company. In modern terms, an office i ...
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Personal Health Information Act (Nova Scotia)
Personal may refer to: Aspects of persons' respective individualities * Privacy * Personality * Personal, personal advertisement, variety of classified advertisement used to find romance or friendship Companies * Personal, Inc., a Washington, D.C.–based tech startup * The Personal, a Canadian-based group car insurance and home insurance company * Telecom Personal, a mobile phone company in Argentina and Paraguay Music * ''Personal'' (Men of Vizion album), 1996 * Personal (George Howard album), 1990 * Personal (Florrie album), 2023 * ''Personal'', an album by Quique González, or the title song * "Message"/"Personal", a 2003 song by Aya Ueto * "Personal" (Hrvy song), a song from ''Talk to Ya'' * "Personal" (The Vamps song), a song from ''Night & Day'' *"Personal", a song by Kehlani from ''SweetSexySavage'' *"Personal", a song by Olly Murs from his 2012 album '' Right Place Right Time'' *"Personal", a song by Against the Current from their 2018 album '' Past Lives'' Books ...
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Health Information Act
Health has a variety of definitions, which have been used for different purposes over time. In general, it refers to physical and emotional well-being, especially that associated with normal functioning of the human body, absent of disease, pain (including mental pain), or injury. Health can be promoted by encouraging healthful activities, such as regular physical exercise and adequate sleep, and by reducing or avoiding unhealthful activities or situations, such as smoking or excessive stress. Some factors affecting health are due to individual choices, such as whether to engage in a high-risk behavior, while others are due to structural causes, such as whether the society is arranged in a way that makes it easier or harder for people to get necessary healthcare services. Still, other factors are beyond both individual and group choices, such as genetic disorders. History The meaning of health has evolved over time. In keeping with the biomedical perspective, early definit ...
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Office Of The Information And Privacy Commissioner Of Alberta
An office is a space where the employees of an organization perform administrative work in order to support and realize the various goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it (see officer or official); the latter is an earlier usage, as "office" originally referred to the location of one's duty. In its adjective form, the term "office" may refer to business-related tasks. In law, a company or organization has offices in any place where it has an official presence, even if that presence consists of a storage silo. For example, instead of a more traditional establishment with a desk and chair, an office is also an architectural and design phenomenon, including small offices, such as a bench in the corner of a small business or a room in someone's home (see small office/home office), entire floors of buildings, and massive buildings dedicated entirely to one company. In modern terms, an office i ...
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