Mr. Chair, just to add thirty seconds to the point, it is part of how PIPEDA works. The definition of personal information was left broad by Parliament, giving the Privacy Commissioner the opportunity to make some of these definitional interpretations in the context of his or her work. That's how it has unfolded. So it is important to know that the act is built around flexibility in terms of how the Privacy Commissioner defines personal information.
On November 20th, 2006. See this statement in context.