Legal information related to PIPEDA
In the Courts
In overseeing compliance with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), the OPC is sometimes involved in judicial proceedings as a party, as an added party, or as an intervener, to seek enforcement of the Act, and/or to assist courts in advancing the legal interpretation and application of the Act. The OPC sometimes intervenes in foreign judicial proceedings, where appropriate, in order to influence the evolution of decisions that have the potential of affecting the privacy rights of Canadians, particularly where trans-border data flows are involved.
Our Office’s involvement in judicial proceedings pertaining to PIPEDA is documented in our annual reports to Parliament.
Settlements
Court Filings
- Factum of the Intervener, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: In the matter of the Information and Privacy Commissioner and Attorney General of Alberta and United Food And Commercial Workers, Local 401
- Factum of the Intervener, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: In the matter of Matthew David Spencer and her Majesty the Queen
- Factum of the Intervener, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: Bragg Communications Incorporated, Halifax Herald Limited, and Global Television