LAW 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: John Stuart Mill, Daniel J. Solove, Anonymity

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 401
• Professor: Howard Simkevitz

Document Summary

Law 401 module 7 privacy and media. Alberta (information and privacy commissioner) v. united food and commercial workers, local. During a lawful strike lasting 305 days, both the union and the employer video-taped and photographed individuals crossing the picketline. The union posted signs in the area of the picketing stating that images of persons crossing the picketline might be placed on a website. Pipa establishes a general rule that organizations cannot collect, use or disclose personal information without consent. None of pipa"s exemptions permit the union to collect, use and disclose personal information for the purpose of advancing its interests in a labour dispute. However, it also found that the law itself, pipa, (cid:448)iolated the u(cid:374)io(cid:374)"s rights charter. Rights, section 2(b) (freedom of expression) (in context of picketing) The court found that the purpose of pipa was to enhance a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol o(cid:448)er his or her personal information by restricting the collection, use and disclosure without consent.