Email Marketing Laws, Can Spam Act, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (pipeda) Canada

How These Legislations Affect Canadian Online Business There’s a lot of misinformation floating around the web about the Canadian Privacy act of January 2004 and the Federal Trade Commission’s Can Spam Act as it relates to the subject of e-mail. This article is intended to shed some light on the various aspects of the Can [...]

HIPAA Privacy

HIPPA or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is a federal official act, which deals with health records. When there is a need to collect maximum amount of information from patients that need to be transmitted worldwide, the question of patient privacy comes into consideration. At such times, HIPAA plays a pivotal [...]

Prying eyes on privacy through peeping toms

In an age of modern & revolutionized communication electronic equipments, the privacy of an individual is under siege. The video surveillance equipment has become smaller, more portable, more easily concealed and more accessible to the general public; its clandestine application has contributed to today’s cultural fascination with voyeurism. This advance video surveillance equipment has had [...]

Phone Numbers And Privacy Issues

A new service popped up on my radar. It takes the form of a website which will tickle your curiosity as it allows you to trace almost any phone number, whether it’s a cell phone, an unlisted or an unpublisher number, in the United States and Canada (what happened to the Privacy Act?) While it [...]

Effective Privacy Documentation to Empower Your Organization

When privacy threats are on the rise, and identity theft is the fastest-growing crime, your privacy documentation should clearly demonstrate your commitment to information protection. Putting well-designed privacy policies and procedures in place is not just good risk management; it empowers you to create a trusting relationship with your customers, and guides your employees on [...]

Massachusetts Privacy Regulations Affect Companies in all 50 States

Background – State Privacy Regulations State privacy regulations safeguarding personal information have been established by over forty states. One of the most recent states to establish privacy regulations and security breach notification requirements is Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Privacy Regulations are the most comprehensive state regulations, and they are likely to become the model for other [...]

The Drug Enforcement Agency and the Freedom of Information Act

The DEA undertook a detailed analysis of the effect of the Freedom of Information Act on DEA’s investigative operations. Since 1977, reports had been received from various DEA field offices suggesting that the Freedom of Information Act was adversely affecting various types of DEA investigations. Nearly all of these reports indicated that the Freedom of [...]

Specific Problems With the Freedom of Information Act

The freedom of information act has made it possible for all of us to enjoy a greater degree of freedom, by making government oppression harder to get away with. By creating the statutory requirement that every government department operates with full disclosure given, an atmosphere of mutual trust is developed. However, the act is [...]

New Law Protects Employee’s Genetic Information

The employment provisions of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) will take effect on November 21, 2009.  GINA is groundbreaking legislation that addresses employeesâ?? fear that their genetic information will result in adverse employment actions.  The law prohibits (1) the use of genetic information in making employment decisions, (2) the acquisition of an employeeâ??s genetic [...]

Violation of Employee Privacy

In spite of the fact that workers monitoring systems do not directly contravene the law, they add to creating a unreceptive work environment, that is offensive both from ethical and legal standpoints. There is Privacy Act that includes primary law related to members of staff privacy rights. This law forbids third parties to receive disclosing [...]

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