Nathaniel Erskine-Smith at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On March 21st, 2017. See this statement in context.

March 21st, 2017 / 5:10 p.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

Okay.

You mentioned court damages in sections 14 and 16 of PIPEDA in relation to one another. Do you think court damages are sufficient deterrents? Here I would just note that the last case I really remember as a law student was Ward and the $5,000 in damages awarded for an illegal strip search. That struck me as a pittance for a severe privacy breach, so are court damages sufficient do you think?

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