| Canada has two federal privacy laws, the
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| | to personal information about customers
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| Privacy Act and the Personal Information
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| | or employees that was collected, used or
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| Protection and Electronic Documents Act
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| | disclosed in the course of commercial
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| (PIPEDA). The Privacy Act imposes
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| | activities by the federally regulated
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| obligations on some 150 federal
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| | private sector, organizations such as
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| government departments and agencies to
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| | banks, airlines, and telecommunications
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| respect privacy rights by limiting the
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| | companies. The Act now applies to
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| collection, use and disclosure of
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| | personal information collected, used or
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| personal information. Individuals are
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| | disclosed by the retail sector,
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| also protected by the PIPEDA that sets
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| | publishing companies, the service
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| out ground rules for how private sector
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| | industry, manufacturers and other
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| organizations may collect, use or
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| | provincially regulated organizations.
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| disclose personal information in the
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| | Real estate is, of course, one sector of
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| course of commercial
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| | the service industry.
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| activities.Initially, PIPEDA applied only
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