The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act means nothing, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada refuses to do their job

The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act is Canada's private sector law. In theory it's very strong. However in practice it means very little.

The law does not include fines or other penalties. When it comes to enforcing compliance, the process is very lengthy and this is compounded by the fact that a key player refuses to do their job. Let's go through the process together.

1. A person contact's the organization's privacy contact if it can be found. …

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