Canada's federal privacy laws / revised by Alexandra Savoie and Maxime-Olivier Thibodeau.: YM32-2/2007-44-2020E-PDF
"The right to privacy is recognized as a quasi-constitutional right in Canada. At the federal level, two pieces of legislation provide some privacy protections: the Privacy Act, which applies to the public sector, and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, which applies to the private sector. This background paper gives an overview of these two laws, examining their history and various efforts to modernize them over the years as Canadian society has become increasingly reliant on digital technologies"--Executive summary, page i.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Library of Parliament, issuing body. Canada. Parliamentary Information and Research Service, issuing body. |
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| Title | Canada's federal privacy laws / revised by Alexandra Savoie and Maxime-Olivier Thibodeau. |
| Series title | Background paper ; publication no. 2007-44-E |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Earlier edition | Canada's federal privacy laws |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Issued also in French under title: Les lois fédérales du Canada sur la protection de la vie privée. "17 November 2020." Issued also in HTML format. Includes bibliographical references. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa, Canada : Library of Parliament = Bibliothèque du Parlement, 2020. ©2020 |
| Author / Contributor | Savoie, Alexandra, author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (i, i, 22, ii pages). |
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| Subject terms | Canada. Privacy Act. Canada. Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. Privacy, Right of -- Canada. Data protection -- Law and legislation -- Canada. Electronic records -- Law and legislation -- Canada. |
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