Parliament of Canada

C-12 , 41st Parliament, 1st session Thursday, June 2, 2011, to Friday, September 13, 2013

An Act to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
Short title: Safeguarding Canadians' Personal Information Act
Bill type
House Government Bill
Sponsor

Summary

Current status
At second reading in the House of Commons
Latest activity
Introduction and first reading on Thursday, September 29, 2011 (House of Commons)

Progress

End of stage activity
Introduction and first reading, Thursday, September 29, 2011
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Second reading
No activity
Consideration in committee
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Report stage
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Third reading
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Senate

First reading
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Second reading
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Third reading
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Details

Recorded votes

House of Commons

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Senate

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Speaker's rulings and statements

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Major speeches at second reading

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Legislative summary

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Departmental information

Press releases

Government of Canada Moves to Enhance Privacy of Individuals during Commercial Transactions

Background information

Government of Canada Introduces Amendments to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)

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Further reading

Data breaches [electronic resource] : worth noticing?. Lawford, John. Public Interest Advocacy Centre, 1 PDF file (116 p.)
Federal and provincial initiatives to facilitate electronic commerce. Thibodeau, Maxime-Olivier. Parliamentary Information and Research Service ; no. 2008-61-E, Ottawa : Library of Parliament
Mesures gouvernementales pour faciliter le commerce électronique. Thibodeau, Maxime-Olivier. Service d'information et de recherche parlementaires ; no 2008-61-F, Ottawa : Bibliothèque du Parlement
Privacy : a foreign concept?. Ali, Ambreen. Congressional quarterly weekly report, 70:638
Privacy and social media in the age of big data [electronic resource] : report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Access to ... Ottawa : House of Commons Canada, 2013, 1 PDF file (viii, 99 p.)
Privacy law a bomb waiting to go off. Cardwell, Mark. Canadian lawyer, 36:44-6
Privacy law in the private sector : an annotation of the legislation in Canada. Platt, Priscilla, Lise Jendlisz, and Daphne Intrator. Aurora, Ont. : Canada Law Book, 2002-, 2 v. (loose-leaf)
Protection de la vie privée et médias sociaux à l'ère des mégadonnées [ressource électronique] : rapport du Comité permanent de l'accès à l'information, de la protection des renseignements personnels et de l'éthique. Canada. Parlement. Chambre des communes. Comité permanent de l'accès à ... Ottawa : Chambre des communes Canada, 2013, 1 fichier PDF (viii, 107 p.)
Protection des renseignements personnels dans le secteur privé [ressource électronique]. Johansen, David, Nancy Homes, et Lindsay Beatty. Capsule d'information pour les parlementaires ; TIPS-102F, Ottawa : Bibliothèque du Parlement, 2007
Protection of personal information in the private sector [electronic resource]. Johansen, David, Nancy Homes, and Lindsay Beatty. Topical information for parliamentarians ; TIPS-102E, Ottawa : Library of Parliament, 2007
Shifting the burden of software licensing agreements [electronic resource]. Gilstrap, Stephen S. Yale law journal, 121:1271-84
Stoddart terms Bill C-12 "a lost cause" [electronic resource]. Guly, Christopher. Lawyers weekly, 33:9
The law of privacy in Canada. McIsaac, Barbara, Rick Shields, and Kris Klein. Scarborough, Ont. : Carswell, c2000-, 2 v. (loose-leaf)
The other kind of cyberwar. Starks, Tim. Congressional quarterly weekly report, 69:2642-43
Unwarranted access [electronic resource]?. Singer, Leo. National, 21:16-21
Upcoming PIPEDA [Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Bill C-12)] amendments [Blog post]. Canton, David. Slaw, 1-10
Annual Reports to Parliament on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, 2000-present)
David T.S. Fraser's Privacy Law Resources (David T.S. Fraser)
Fact Sheets – Application of PIPEDA (Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada)
Legal information related to PIPEDA (Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada)
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Online Privacy Law (Law Library of Congress. Global Legal Research Centre. Prepared for The 2012 American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting and Conference, Boston, MA, July 21-24, 2012)
Powers and Functions of the Ombudsman in the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act: An Effectiveness Study (France Houle, Lorne Sossin. Commissioned by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, August 2010)
Privacy in the Digital Economy (Industry Canada)
Protection of personal data (European Commission)
Study - Statutory Review of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (House of Commons. Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, 39th Parliament, 1st Session)
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