LAW 525 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: True Crime, Equifax, Indictable Offence

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 525
• Professor: Kernaghan Webb

Document Summary

Personal informaion protecion and electronic data act (pipeda) Schedule also in the consumer product safety act (lising which ones are banned and which are restricted) In this legislaion, started as a volunteer standard and became a law. Examples: prescripion or subscripion or banking informaion about individuals leading to unwanted and intrusive solicitaions. Businesses must obtain an individual"s consent when they collect, use or disclose an individual"s personal informaion (pi) (business can collect any personal informaion, but only when we give them the right individually give the right) Individuals have the right to access pi held by a business and to challenge its accuracy. Pi can only be used for purposes for which it was collected (cannot sell info obtained to another business unless explicitly stated and agreed upon) Businesses must ensure that pi is properly protected (must encrypted with latest info) Does not have an obligaion to report.