![]() Instead of meeting in person, we have further shifted to working, socializing, going to school and seeing the doctor remotely, through videoconferencing services and online platforms. The need for social distancing has meant that even more of daily life takes place via the use of technology. More broadly, the pandemic has accelerated the digital revolution – bringing both benefits as well as risks for privacy. ![]() Many of us have been asked to submit to health monitoring measures at the airport, or before we enter workspaces, restaurants and stores. Around the world, there have been heated debates about contact tracing applications and their impact on privacy. The pandemic has raised numerous issues for the protection of personal information. This year, the COVID-19 pandemic makes the significant gaps in our legislative framework all the more striking. Last year in this space, I noted how major investigations into Statistics Canada, Facebook and Equifax had all revealed serious weaknesses within the current legislation. The need for federal privacy laws better suited to protecting Canadians in the digital age has been a common thread in our annual reports to Parliament for many years. ![]() © Her Majesty the Queen of Canada for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, 2020 Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act: A year in reviewĪppendix 4: Substantially similar legislationĪppendix 5: Report of the Privacy Commissioner, Ad Hoc 2019-2020 Annual Report to Parliament on the Privacy Act and Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |