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Privacy Trends: Complying With New Demands

Tuesday, October  22, 2002

Privacy has now become a major issue in Canada in both the public and private sectors.  Three provincial Privacy Commissioners in Canada will address the status and importance of privacy to organizations.  The relevance of privacy in Canadian life has been spurred on by the Protection of Personal Information and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), which covers the private sector in Canada. This law came into effect on January 1, 2001 and will be applicable to all jurisdictions in Canada as of January 1, 2004, either through laws passed in the provinces or under the federal legislation.   New technologies are emerging as enhancers of privacy and playing a significant role in how Canadians protect their privacy. How does this relate to current privacy law requirements in Canada and how can technology protect Canadians’ privacy?

The evolution of e-government programs in government has accentuated the importance of privacy even further.  The Treasury Board of Canada recently announced that Privacy Impact Assessments must be conducted for all e-government program implementations.  How will privacy play into all these developments? 

Schedule of the  Seminar and Training Session. 
Privacy Trends: Complying With New Demands
Tuesday, October  22, 2002
Crowne Plaza Hotel, 101 Lyon Street, Ottawa

PowerPoint Highlights from the October 22, 2002 Seminar and Training Session

Sponsors
Riley Information Services and co-sponsors.

Privacy: Today's Business, Tomorrow's Law
Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario .

Québec's Private Sector Legislation on the Protection of Personal Information
Jennifer Stoddart, présidente, Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec .

Privacy & Security: The Good the Bad and the Ugly!  
Peter Hope-Tindall, dataPrivacy, Toronto

Data, Privacy and Internet Security (5 MB)
Don Waugh, President & CFO of E-witness Inc, Toronto.

Privacy and Existing Technologies
Michael Krushnisky, Vice President, PRIVASOFT, Privacy Compliance Solutions, Casselman.

Primer on Compliance for the Private Sector
Murray Long, Murray Long and Associates Inc., Ottawa.

Privacy Impact Assessments and E-Government
Ross Hodgins, Senior Policy Analyst, GOL, CIO Branch, Treasury Board Secretariat.

Conducting Privacy Impact Assessments
Michael Power, Gowling Lafleur Henderson, LLP, Ottawa.

PIAs: Selected Practical Considerations
Jean-François LUC, Mgr, Partnership and Policy Development, Health Canada.

Privacy and E Government
Guy Herriges, Manager, Access and Privacy, Office of the Corporate Chief Strategist, Management Board Secretariat, Government of Ontario.

Riley Information Services would like to thank all those that attended our seminar on October 22, 2002.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM RECENT EVENTS...

Integrating Government with New Technologies:
How Government Online is Changing the Private Sector

Monday, February 25, 2002

This is the first annual seminar of the Commonwealth Centre for Electronic Governance (CCEG). E-governance and e-democracy are core values that are integral to governance in all commonwealth countries. CCEG deals with these issues throughout the commonwealth world. The purpose of this conference is to bring together key experts and professionals to discuss the fundamental ways in which the technologies are changing governance. The emphasis in this seminar is on e-governance and e-democracy.

Governments now have a visible and strong presence in cyberspace. Thus, this seminar will call upon senior officials and professionals from the public and private sectors, to discuss the evolving new technologies and the policies that governments are forming in order to face the new challenges. Particular attention will be paid to the extent to which information technologies are now changing governments and how this is impacting on the public service and the way it governs itself.

The speakers will examine how all levels of government itself might change as a result of the shifts in our society due to the rise of the Internet and other forms of new technologies. The panels will explore a range of issues, including case studies of the movement towards online consultation in the development of policy, how the citizen will be involved and engaged in our new forms of electronic government, and the role of organizations in governments, the academic world and civil society in developing tools for electronic democracy. Some of the questions to be explored will be the extent to which the nature of democracy is changing, and how many government departments and public groups are successfully using information technologies to both deliver services and develop interactive relationships with the citizenry. A main theme running through this one-day event will be what impacts do the developments in electronic governance, government online, and a host of related issues have on the inherent nature of public organizations. The seminar will also include discussions on the nature of electronic governance in our changing environments and shifts in society.

Schedule of the  Seminar and Training Session
Integrating Government with New Technologies:
How Government Online is Changing the Public Sector
Monday, February 25, 2002
The Westin Hotel, 11 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa

Governance in the Public Service: How is Technology Changing the Rules?
David Zussman, President, Public Policy Forum, Keynote Address.

Sponsored by: The Commonwealth Centre for Electronic Governance (CCEG)

PAPERS

TOOLS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY:
AN OVERVIEW

K-BASED ECONOMY: FORGING AHEAD FOR NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION

SPEECHES

CROSSING BOUNDARIES

E-GOVERNANCE: SOME EXPERIENCES FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS

E-government in the UK, Canada and the United States:
Developments in 2001

The Internet is the underlying infrastructure for e-government, both in information and services delivery and in fostering the exchange of information with an informed, aware citizenry. The degree of connectedness of the citizenry determines to a large extent the efficiency with which online information and service delivery systems can function and their value to bureaucracies. The extent of Internet use also determines to what extent a new form of electronic participatory democracy (e-governance) can begin to flourish among the populace..... more >>>

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Health Information Privacy:
Dialogue with the Stakeholders

Friday, September 28, 2001

Health privacy has now become a major issue in Canada. The debate has been spurred on by the Protection of Personal Information and Electronic Documents Act, which covers the private sector in Canada, and which came into effect on January 1, 2001. Under that legislation the federal law becomes applicable to the health industry as of January 1, 2002. There has been a diversity of debate and viewpoints as to what constitutes the proper approach to protect an individual’s health information privacy. The federal and provincial governments plan to create an electronic health record for every Canadian. The key issue is who will have access to, and control of, the information in our electronic health records. There are also plans afoot by the federal government to develop a National Health Infostructure. How will privacy play into all this?

HANDLING EMAIL IN THE GROWING TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENTS:
 Balancing your time between strategic decisions and managing a bulging in-box

Friday, May 25, 2001

E-mail has become a major communications tool at home and in the workplace. It has brought the ability for people to be in touch with the world, to send and receive messages speedily. It has also brought with it a series of issues. It is becoming an increasingly complex subject as people and organizations struggle with e-mail at a number of levels.

Communication is more vital than ever, both within the organization and outside. If you are like many executives, you are looking for help in dealing with the sheer volume of e-mail that you or your employees receive, so that you can remain focused on achieving your business goals.

Come to this seminar and find out more about how to develop the right strategies and programs to handle your e-mail, not just cope with it.

Schedule of the  Seminar and Training Session.
HANDLING EMAIL IN THE GROWING TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENTS:
Balancing your time between strategic decisions and managing a bulging in-box
Friday, May 25, 2001
Westin Hotel, 11 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa

E-Mail and Information Management
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John McDonald

E-Mail and The Law: Discussing Legal Issues
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Joy Noonan 

Overcoming In-Box Overload
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Wayne McKinnon - The Executive Technology Coach 

E-Mail and Information Management
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Valerie Trinque - Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Why Is Electronic Mail A Problem?
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William Patterson Sheridan
INFORMETRICA LIMITED
 
 

Privacy in the New Environments:
What the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act Means to Your Organization.

Monday, February 19, 2001

Privacy has now become a major issue in Canada, especially with the passage of a privacy law that now covers the private sector. The law in question is the Personal Information Protection and Documents Act that comes into effect on January 1, 2001. Under this legislation, federally regulated companies will have a series of measures they will have to implement. Within three years the law will cover all those provinces that do not already have a law. At the same time, the new law gives very specific rights to citizens to have access to personal information kept in their files by companies. The law will also give citizens a certain measure of control as to how their personal information is used. As well, citizens who are denied access to their personal information in a company, or who feel that an organization is abusing or misusing their personal information held by that organization, will be able to lay a complaint with the Federal Privacy Commissioner.

The seminar will also provide insights into what changes are needed to the Federal Privacy Act, what the Act means, what the role of the Federal Privacy Commissioner will be under the new law, and the impact the law will have. There will also be discussions on Health Privacy. The key issue is who will have access to and control of the information in our electronic health records? There are plans afoot by the federal government to develop a “National Health Infostructure"; how will privacy play into all this?