Don't those sections go as far as to be able to deputize private individuals to gather information that would otherwise be blocked through subsection 7(3), which was so controversial in our review of PIPEDA? We found in the act, through a literal or careful reading of it, that things law enforcement agencies could not do they could in fact get employers to do--search a locker, for instance, or turn in somebody they suspected. You'd be compromising their privacy rights by any other definition, but it would give extraordinary powers. Is that something you find useful?
On May 13th, 2008. See this statement in context.