Information & Ethics committee  In the legislation, PIPEDA doesn't really address the issue of business transfers. I believe that by contrast legislation in B.C. and Alberta addresses them, and so there's a gap there. I think we need some clarity around what organizations should or should not be permitted to do

Information & Ethics committee  Absolutely.

Information & Ethics committee  I think businesses that are flagrant abusers and violators of privacy rights should have their names published. Publishing the names would shame them into compliance, one would hope. They would become media stories, and then that would sort of tie into the question raised previou

Information & Ethics committee  I share your frustration. Let's face it, the small convenience store operator won't necessarily have a written privacy policy that's posted, and all of these things that are required under the statute. Where I hope some organizations might attempt to assist the small business own

Information & Ethics committee  We obtain consent to conduct the survey, or when we invite people to a focus group, they agree that they will participate or not. It is an opt-in consent. We don't pass on information for secondary purposes, because we don't try to market products or services.

Information & Ethics committee  No, that--

Information & Ethics committee  No, not at all.

Information & Ethics committee  The recommendation is that if a prospective purchaser of a research firm, or any business, wants to buy another, and that business has customer records or personal information in place, then whenever a business transfer occurs, the legislation should be clear in stating what is a

Information & Ethics committee  No.

Information & Ethics committee  No.

Information & Ethics committee  One of the principles is that organizations must identify the purposes, the reasons why they are seeking to collect personal information. So when muggers claim to be doing a survey, when that's the identified purpose that's disclosed, they're not in fact genuine about what they'r