Making Privacy Best Practices Achievable

It is critical in today's business environment to implement privacy best practices. Privacy and security breaches shake consumer and employee trust in the organizations that hold their personal information. PrivaTech's mission is to support its clients in building privacy conscious environments. Choose PrivaTech to help you achieve that goal and manage your privacy risks.

Complying with Privacy Laws

With a unique blend of legal, technical and consulting expertise, PrivaTech is dedicated to developing effective privacy solutions that work for your business. PrivaTech specializes in advising organizations on compliance with privacy laws in Canada (such as PIPEDA, the Privacy Act and provincial privacy laws), the United States (such as the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act, HIPAA and breach notification laws), as well as other data protection laws around the world.

Our focus on using effective adult learning techniques to raise awareness of employee responsibilities when handling personal information, has helped numerous organizations avoid a privacy breach.

NEWS

May 15, 2009

Identity Theft Bill Re-Introduced in Canada

A Federal MP has re-introduced tough legislation that will target identity theft, a growing problem in Canada and throughout the world. The bill proposed to create three major new offences targeting the early stages of identity-related crime: 1. Obtaining and possessing identity information with the intent to use the information deceptively in order to commit a crime; 2) Trafficking in identity information with knowledge or recklessness toward the possible criminal use of the information; and 3) Unlawfully possessing government-issued identity documents that contain the information of another person.

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April 15, 2009

Supreme Court Rules No Privacy in Garbage

When you put out the trash, don't expect a constitutional right to privacy of its contents. The Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously ruled that police can sift through garbage if it has been set out at the edge of one's property for municipal collection because "abandoned' goods do not trigger Charter of Rights and Freedoms protection. The decision rejected Calgarian Russell Patrick's quest to overturn his drug conviction that was the result of police snatching four bags of rubbish and compiling enough evidence to obtain a search warrant for his home, where an ecstasy grow operation was discovered.