Implementing PIPEDA: A Review of Internet Privacy Statements and On-line Practices
posted by:Rajen Akalu // 08:50 AM // April 25, 2005 // ID TRAIL MIX
Earlier this year the Privacy Commissioner of Canada announced an award of $48,300, under its Contributions Program, to Rajen Akalu, Bell University Lab Manager (Law) at the Centre for Innovation Law and Policy, Faculty of Law to investigate the effectiveness of Internet privacy statements.
As part of this project, students involved in the project participated in the “Anonymity, Identity and the Prospect of Privacy” student salon held on March 3, 2005, hosted by the IT society at the University of Ottawa Law School.
The Implementing PIPEDA project, which was undertaken in collaboration with the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Faculty of Information Studies Information Policy Research Program, conducted a review of Internet privacy notices by companies in the telecommunications, airline, banking and retail sectors and field tested a framework for assessing web-based privacy statements for compliance with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
In addition to the student salon the preliminary findings of this study were presented at conference held at the University of Toronto on March 18, 2005. The conference featured Daniel Solove, an associate professor of law at the George Washington University Law School and an authority in the areas of information privacy law and cyberspace law. Professor Solove is a leading thinker in the field of Information Privacy. His latest book “The Digital Person” provides a clear insight into the challenges posed by advancements in technology and offers cogent solutions to these pressing problems.
The conference also included a panel discussion on the impact on the recent FCA ruling in the Englander v. Telus case. A spirited discussion was staged between Mathew Englander and Drew McArthur, Chief Privacy Officer at Telus.
Stephanie Perrin, a leading policy authority on PIPEDA, also spoke at the conference. Ms. Perrin provided a critical perspective on PIPEDA having been involved with the drafting of the Act. Her assessment of the effectiveness of PIPEDA is particularly timely as the Act is scheduled for review next year.
Full details of the conference as well as the conference webcast can be found at: http://pipedaproject.rcat.utoronto.ca/
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