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PIPEDA Fair Information Principle: Accountability
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) is a privacy law that protects the Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of Canadians. The law achieves this goal by prescribing how PII can …
PIPEDA Fair Information Principles: Individual Access
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) is a privacy law that was enacted to protect the privacy rights of residents of Canada. The right to access one’s personal information …
PIPEDA Fair Information Principles: Limiting Collection
In an effort to give individuals control over how their information is handled by private organizations, many countries have enacted comprehensive privacy laws that include a collection limitation principle. In this article, …
GDPR creating data flow maps
The General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) allows residents in the European Union (“EU”) to have control over their data. Under the GDPR, a controller must maintain an internal record of all its …
Does the CCPA apply to employee information?
Since the writing of this blog, CCPA has been replaced by CPRA. As the work-from-home model becomes the norm during the COVID-19 era, both employees and employers have made a number of …
GDPR data breach reporting requirements
The General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is a broad set of regulations in the European Union (“EU”) that protects the personal data of its residents. Under the GDPR, if an organization has …
PIPEDA Fair Information Principle: Safeguards
The Personal Information and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) is a privacy law that imposes rules on the collection, use, and disclosure of the Personally Identifiable Information of Canadians. This law requires certain …
PIPEDA rights for consumers
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) is a privacy law that protects the Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of Canadians by providing certain privacy rights to individuals. The PIPEDA rights …
PIPEDA Fair Information Principles: identifying purposes
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) is a privacy law that protects the personal information of Canadians. PIPEDA achieves this goal by stipulating certain requirements that organizations subject to …
How does GDPR affect marketing?
The GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation is a complex and highly enforced privacy law that protects the personal data of residents of the European Union. The law has very strict requirements, such …
What is Termageddon?
Did you know that if you have a contact form on your website that you’re collecting personally identifiable information or PII? Governments around the world have passed privacy laws to protect the …
CCPA requirements for ensuring the security of personal information
NOTE: Since the writing of this blog, CCPA has been replaced by CPRA. From an information security perspective, laws often have the goal of maintaining and protecting three components: the confidentiality, integrity, …