LAW 529 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Global Positioning System, Pension, Personal Information Protection And Electronic Documents Act
17 May 2016
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Chapter 10: privacy inside and outside the workplace. Ontario"s freedom of information and protection of privacy act allows individual to file a request for information held by the ontario gov"t: also provides privacy protection for the personal information of ees in ontario"s public sector. The federal gov"t followed by several provinces passed by legislation that covers personal information held by organizations in the private sector: federal law is called the personal information protection and electronic documents act (pipeda) In ontario no legislation covers private sector ers. Does not directly affect general personal employee information held by provincially regulated ers in. Ontario: e. g. , ee cannot make a claim under pipeda if her er collected or used personal information, such as workplace video surveillance, without her consent) Applies to all federally regulated organization and affects how they collect, use, disclose, and retain personal information concerning their ees, customers, patients and suppliers.
