Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I understand the importance of the question. I don't think either the commissioner or I, certainly not today, are able or are well versed enough in the kinds of constitutional issues that this may raise. To the extent that we may, we can help you work through the privacy implic

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I've only seen that come up in the context of jurisprudence, where an individual actually did consent to the disclosure of her identity in order to put the request forward. But the overarching principle is that proactively, as I understand it, even in the current regulations unde

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The Privacy Act will apply to certain entities if they're listed in the schedule to the act. Of course, it applies to the departments like Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, and it applies to certain first nations groups to the extent that they're explicitly list

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  For instance, there is an example where a band council provided a complaint that came to our office. The activity in question was in their capacity as landlord to the complainant. In that capacity, they were not only a federal work, undertaking, or business—a FWUB—but because the

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Under our contribution program, we funded research that was conducted out in B.C., I believe. It had to do more specifically with electronic health records in the context of aboriginal groups, and it explored this concept of group privacy as it could be applied to aboriginal peop

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, we have.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In Montana, the whole issue of personal information was raised but discarded by the court, as you remember, because in that instance the salaries were in the aggregate. Although the argument was made that the aggregate amount could be divided per capita, and that therefore you co

Information & Ethics committee  In summary, I think the important point has already been made. And I thank all members for having given us the opportunity, on several occasions, to repeat the key message, which is our hope that organizations, in conceiving, developing, and deploying information technologies fro

Information & Ethics committee  With regard to the street view imaging technology by Google and Canpages, one point I just want to clarify is that those were never the subject of an investigation by the commissioner. Those were dealt with by correspondence between the commissioner and the organizations. So the

Information & Ethics committee  Interestingly, it's echoing the same messages the commissioner gave Google and saying that in their view, given the recent indication of Google's response to the recommendations, which the commissioner also made, they felt confident they could stop the inquiry on that basis.

Information & Ethics committee  I can't answer with certainty, but I think the laws of evidence would need to be considered. So regardless of where the data is stored, if it involves evidence for the ongoing class action suits in the U.S., there are obligations not to destroy the data, whether you store it in C

Information & Ethics committee  I can't answer with certainty, but it has to do with cross-border instances when there may be a mingling of the data and correspondence between Americans and Canadians such that you cannot segregate correspondence for just the U.S. portion or just the Canadian portion. So it has

Information & Ethics committee  I'll let Mr. Caron answer that question.

Information & Ethics committee  I believe that was a letter from the Federal Trade Commission.

Information & Ethics committee  This is just one regulatory body, the Federal Trade Commission. There may be the FCC, Federal Communications Commission. I understand there may also be attorneys general of 38 states or more who have come together and are inquiring further into this incident to determine what act