On the eve of a statutory five-year review of the legislation governing federally-regulated private-sector organizations, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is openly calling into question the effectiveness of the ombudsman model to regulate private-sector practices for the protection of personal information in light of the recent spate of high-profile data breaches that have compromised the personal information of Canadians.
Privacy
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Privacy rights overlooked in bankruptcies and insolvencies
Eight years after the federal government introduced legislation that applies to the collection, use and disclosure of personal information in the course of any private sector commercial activity, corporate lawyers pay little heed to privacy rights in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings.
“Candidly, we on the insolvency side pay lip service to privacy,” acknowledged Kenneth Kraft, a partner with the financial services group at Heenan Blaikie, specializing in insolvency and finance. “It’s not something that we give much thought to.”