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Privacy

EXPLANATION

Privacy, like the related issue of Freedom of Information, is all about information. It is governed by several statutes (and more), as follows:
  • privacy over Ontario government-controlled information is governed by the latter half of the Ontario Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) (and it's separate municipal version, MFIPPA);

  • privacy over Canadian government-controlled information is governed by the federal Privacy Act;

  • privacy over privately-held commercial personal information is governed by the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA);

  • privacy over personal medical information is governed by Ontario's Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA).
Privacy law is recently the subject of a new tort: 'intrusion upon seclusion'. Privacy has also long been a part of the Charter s.8 search and seizure protection through the "reasonable expectation of privacy" criminal standard.

CASES

General

Privacy - General
Privacy - Criminal
Privacy - PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act) (+)
Privacy - PHIPA (Personal Health Information Protection Act) (+)
Privacy - Administrative
Privacy - Privacy Act
Privacy - Open Court
Privacy - CYFSA (Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017)

Tort

Torts - Privacy [cross-linked]

FIPPA/MFIPPA

FOI - Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) [cross-linked]

ONTARIO STATUTES

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act [repeated in /FOI]
Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act [repeated in /FOI]
Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004
Quality of Care Information Protection Act, 2016
O. Reg. 483/16 DEFINITIONS
O. Reg. 482/16 GENERAL
O. Reg. 330/04 GENERAL [revoked]
O. Reg. 297/04 DEFINITION OF 'QUALITY OF CARE COMMITTEE' [revoked]
FEDERAL STATUTES

Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
Privacy Act
Security of Canada Information Disclosure Act
Security of Information Act

[last edit 21 Jan 2023]

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