Compliance with Canadian Data Protection Laws: Are Retailers Measuring Up?

Organization

Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC)

Published

2006

Summary

The Canadian Internet Policy Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) will investigate how well organizations subject to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) are complying with the law. CIPPIC will then develop a model for compliance-testing. The researchers hope to use their work as a useful tool for holding companies accountable under PIPEDA, therefore making privacy laws more effective. The researchers will also look at uncovering a poorly understood but critical market sector through which Canadians’ personal information is widely collected, used and shared: the data brokerage industry.

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Contact information

Address
Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
57 Louis Pasteur Street
Ottawa, Ontario  K1N 6N5
Telephone
(613) 562-5800
Fax
(613) 562-5417

Source: Consumer Policy Research Database