I just googled for "canadian privacy act" and got loads of hits.
Here is a reasonable article, explaining the respocibilies of international firms dealing with the Canadian law.
http://www.gigalaw.com/articles/2001-all/winer-2001-02-all.html
This article seems to focus on the sale of personal information, but the act includes the retention of data that could be used for unspecified purposes.
Other private information, that is not listed is : Banking informaion Social insurance infomation ...
I can't remember all of the stuff that is considered private, but email is considered to be equivilant to postal mail and carries equivilant penalties if violated IIRC.
The general ask myself is :
Q. If the message came in an envelope, what should I do with it? A. a) deliver it. b) hold it until it can be delivered. c) DO NOT read it d) DO NOT extract/modify any data in the message e) DO NOT keep a copy of it
If an idividual has information that they consider to be private, and it is able to be read by anyone other than that individule, the individule has the right to request remedial action against the company that has the data. Since there is no way of ensuring the data can not be read the best practice is not to store the data once the data has been retrieved.
If you want to cover your butt, make sure any data that may contain private information is delivered to the intended recipient and not retained in any way.
Thanks for the info. I was unaware that it was the privacy act that is being "enhanced".
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