BU451 Study Guide - Final Guide: Chief Privacy Officer, Employee Retention, Personal Information Protection And Electronic Documents Act
Document Summary
The right to bodily integrity free from unreasonable surveillance, search, seizure. The right to secure home, business and other personal spaces free from intrusion. The right to control and protect access, use, collection, distribution, retention and destruction of all trail of information created and or left behind in our daily lives. Rules from common law and legislation to create separate standards applicable to: Government activities (private sector institutions and agencies) Privacy act, charter of rights and freedoms, criminal code. Case law - tort - confidentiality agreements. Section 7: entitled to life, liberty and security of person. Section 8: free from unreasonable search and seizure/reasonable expectation of privacy. Not absolute: reasonable limits justified in a free and democratic society. Reasonable balancing of individuals interests with others, the public at large and the state. Use or disclose info only for purpose it was collected. Respond to complaints of individuals and recommendations of privacy.
