These amendments were done very much in the context of the 2007 five-year review. I think there was an assessment at that time around the issues of the burden to businesses with respect to PIPEDA.
I think there are five very specific, and I would add limited, amendments in this area to improve and streamline the obligations of business. One is related to business contact information; we're talking here of an email address or a fax address. This would exclude all types of business contact information, provided this information is only being used to communicate with the individual with respect to their employment, business, or profession.
Of business transactions, the most concrete example is mergers and acquisitions, and if two businesses are going through both a merger and an acquisition then it's deemed appropriate to share information without consent.