Information & Ethics committee  Yes. Part of it is that the question slightly changed. The question in 2005 was whether they were aware of their obligation to protect personal information. In 2006 it was whether they were aware of the Personal Information Protection Act, PIPA. So I think the first instance is

Information & Ethics committee  We believe the current regulation, as it exists, hasn't had the time to really be implemented. We would like to see it fully take effect so that SMEs are complying with it 100%. I think it has taken some time to get off the ground. I believe SMEs don't like prescriptive regulat

Information & Ethics committee  It would be shredding the files. If anything is in the database, it would basically be cleared and destroyed.

Information & Ethics committee  To my mind, a business product is primarily a person's work address, the employee's e-mail address that is given to the employer. This is information that the company has about the employee, details that are part of his work. Most SMEs do not use a great deal of information. Occ

Information & Ethics committee  I would be easier for me to answer that question in English. The course itself is really just an overview of PIPEDA and what their responsibilities are under PIPEDA. So it would essentially take the rules and regulations under PIPEDA, what they need to do to build a template, an

Information & Ethics committee  Within our own organization?

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. Our organization has a privacy policy. It's on our website. When we no longer need business information in records and data bases, it is destroyed. We give our policy to our members who ask how to build a privacy policy. This is the type of information we collect as an orga

Information & Ethics committee  I don't. I had turned everything over to the clerk. I'm sorry.

Information & Ethics committee  No, we're not aware of any breaches. I would suggest that if a breach did occur, it would likely be because they weren't aware of what they were supposed to be doing in the first place to make sure. But I am not aware of any serious breaches at a small business.

Information & Ethics committee  When it comes to PIPEDA, I think the biggest challenge they're facing is understanding what their obligations are. Most small businesses in Canada are not going to be handling huge amounts of personal information. Many of them don't necessarily always deal directly with the publi

Information & Ethics committee  That's a difficult question for me to answer. I don't have a legal or technical background in that respect. A lot of small business owners looking at how to protect personal information would probably think about it from the perspective of what they would want protected if it wer

Information & Ethics committee  It think it would probably be best to keep it to a case-by-case situation. Defining a work product--I'm not 100% sure exactly what that means, to be honest with you, and I'm not so sure a business owner would know what it means. I think that would be part of the issue. Perhaps de

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, it is the most recent, but we actually have a website we refer our members to that has more up-to-date information. We also refer them to the online course, which has also been updated.

Information & Ethics committee  Good morning. As mentioned, my name is Corinne Pohlmann. I am the director of national affairs for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. With me today is our policy analyst, Lucie Charron, who will be supporting me through the question and answer period. I have been

Human Resources committee  Our understanding of B.C. is that the employers are not too happy about this bill either. We know that the Business Council of B.C. wanted to come and talk on this today as well, during these hearings, and basically give their approach to the situation. Our understanding of one