What I said was that I'm concerned about disclosure without a warrant and without consent, or without knowledge.
Warrants involve situations where we have disclosures to law enforcement. Where this law applies is not to law enforcement, but rather to voluntary disclosures to non-law enforcement.
We've seen under PIPEDA, the existing system, the ability for organizations, where they are conducting investigations or potential lawsuits, to go to get the necessary court orders for disclosure of that information.
In a number of those kinds of cases what the courts do is to set real conditions around that disclosure. There is both oversight as to when those disclosures occur, and then clear limitations on how that information may be used, including to whom it may be further disclosed, and the need to destroy it—a whole series of conditions recognizing the privacy import of that information.
What this bill does is to expand voluntary disclosure of that information without court oversight and without any limitations.