1 Laws Protecting Privacy
- What Laws Protect Privacy
- Federal and Provincial Privacy Protection - Private Sector
- Federal and Provincial Privacy Protection - Public Sector
- Commissioner Oversight
- The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- The Common Law
- How to Use Your Privacy Rights
2 Individual Rights Under Privacy Laws
- Privacy Laws and Definitions
- Which Law Applies to You?
- Definitions
- Privacy Rights in the Private Sector
- Your Privacy Rights With Business and Non-Profit Organizations
- Consent in the Private Sector
- Right to Request Access to Your Personal Information in the Private Sector
- When Can a Private Sector Organization Refuse to Give Access
- Your Right to Request Correction of Your Personal Information in the Private Sector
- How Information and Privacy Commissioners Can Help
- Your Right to Sue in Court Under the Privacy Act of BC for Invasion of Privacy
- Governments and Your Privacy Rights
- Right to Request Access to Your Personal Information From a BC Public Body
- How to Request a Review or Make a Complaint Under FOIPPA
- Offences Under FOIPPA
- The Privacy Act (Canada)
- Your Rights Under the Privacy Act (Canada)
- Making and Access Request Under the Privacy Act
- Complaints to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
3 Threats to Privacy and Resulting Harm
- Risks to Privacy
- Identity Theft
- How You Can Tell if You Have Been a Victim of Identity Theft
- Social Networking Sites
- Online Threats: Spam and Phishing
- Spyware
- What Laws Apply to Spam, Spyware and Other Malware?
- Video Surveillance
- Intercepting Private Communications
- Government Activities - Laws and Policies That Threaten Your Privacy
- Government Activities: Harms
- Government Activities: Legal and Policy Limits
- Surveillance by Government
- What Laws Apply to Government Surveillance
4 Consumer Privacy
- Direct Marketing - the Do Not Call List and Junk Mail
- Your Credit Report
- Your Social Insurance Number
5 Privacy in Employment
- Some Privacy Protection for all Employees
- Which Law Applies to You?
- Unionized Employees and Non-Unionized Employees
- The Hiring Process
- Background, Criminal Records and Credit Checks and Driver’s Abstracts
- Checks and Human Rights/Discrimination
- Employee Privacy on the Job
- Health Information at Work
- Duty of Employers to Accommodate
- Mandatory Drug and Alcohol Testing by Employers
- Searches by Employers
- Video Surveillance
- Biometrics
- Global Positioning Systems
- Computer Monitoring, Keystroke Logging and Screenshots
6 Privacy and Governments in Canada
Privacy and the Federal Government- Communication Between Government Computer Systems
- Treasury Board Secretariat
- Recent Audits by the Privacy Commissioner and Auditor-General
- No-Fly Lists
- Removal From No-Fly Lists
- Border Controls
- The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Agency
- Searches by Canadian Border Services Officers
- Passport Canada
- Criticisms of E-Passports and Facial Recognition Projects
- Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- Identity Management
- Other Identity Projects
- Some of the Privacy Risks of the Identity Projects
- Outsourcing and Contracting
- The Privacy Protection Schedule
7 Privacy, Law Enforcement and Anti-Terrorism Measures
- Search and Seizure and Constitutional Requirements
- Talking to Police and Exceptions to the Right to Remain Silent
- Detention Without Being Arrested - “Investigative Detention”
- When Can Police Search You Without a Warrant?
- When Can Police Search Your Vehicle, Premises, or Property?
- Police Can Search You if You Are Under Arrest
- What Rights Do You Have if You Are Arrested?
- Fingerprinting, Blood Samples, Oral Swabs, Hair Samples for DNA Testing
- Tests for Impairment
- DNA
- Interception of Private Communications
- Lawful Access
- Police Records Information Management Environment (PRIME-BC)
- Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC)
- Pardons
- Administrative and School Searches
- The Anti-Terrorism Act
- Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering)and Terrorist Financing Act
- Passenger Protect Program: The “No-Fly List”
- The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
- Security Clearances
- Grounds for Denying a Security Clearance
8 Privacy of Personal Health Information
Privacy Rights in the Health Care Context BC's Health System and Your Privacy- What Are Your Personal Health Information Privacy Rights in BC?
- Confidentiality of Medical Records
- Right to Access Your Record in Your Doctor’s Office
- Access to Your Health Information in the Electronic Health Records System
- Right to Access Your Records in a Hospital or Other Government Facility
- Pharmacists and PharmaNet
- Who Can See PharmaNet Information?
- How Do You Limit Who Can See Your PharmaNet File?
- Electronic Health Records Developments Across Canada
- Risks of Electronic Health Records
- e-Health in BC
- How to Opt Out of e-Health
- Projects of e-Health BC
- Electronic Medical Records – the EMR
- Interoperable Electronic Health Records – the iEHR
- Can You Refuse to Have Your Medical Records Go Into the EHR?
- Provincial Laboratory Information Solution (PLIS)
- Connecting Diagnostic Imaging (CDI)
- eDrug Project - PharmaNet eRx
- ePrescribing
- Telehealth, Public Health Information Project
- Provider and Client Registries
