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Privacy & information law resources

Submitted by Admin2 on Wed, 2006-12-20 21:56

 

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o         Human rights
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Books
Canadian (General)
o       Austin, Cockfield & Molinari, Technology, Privacy and Justice 2005 (Montreal: Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, 2006)
o       Cartwright et al., A citizen's guide to FOI: How to get government records (Victoria: Environmental Law Clinic, 2005)
o       Cohen, S., Privacy, Crime and Terror: Legal Rights and Security in a Time of Peril (Markham: Butterworths, 2005)
o       Drapeau et al., Protection of privacy in the Canadian private and health sectors, 3rd ed. (Toronto: Thomson/Carswell, 2007)
o       Edwards, J., Human resources guide to workplace privacy (Aurora: Canada Law Book, 2003)
o       Groot, N., Canadian Law & Private Investigations (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2001)
o       Halsbury's Laws of Canada: Access to Information and Privacy (Markham: LexisNexis, 2006)
o       * Hubbard et al., Wiretapping & Other Electronic Surveillance: Law & Procedure (Aurora: Canada Law Book, looseleaf)
o       Klein & Gates, Privacy in employment: control of personal information in the workplace (Toronto: Thomson Carswell, 2005)
o       Lawson, I., Privacy and Free Enterprise: The Legal Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector, 2nd ed. (Ottawa: Public Interest Advocacy Centre, 1997)
o       * Long & Morin, The Canadian Privacy Law Handbook (Ottawa: ENS elearning solutions, looseleaf)
o       * McIsaac et al., The Law of Privacy in Canada (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf)
o       McNairn & Scott, Privacy Law in Canada (Markham: Butterworths, 2001)
o       * McNairn & Woodbury, Government Information: Access and Privacy (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf)
o       Power, E., Access to information and privacy, 1st ed. (Markham: LexisNexis, 2006)
o       Scott et. al., The Personal Health Information Protection Act - Implementing best privacy practices (Markham: LexisNexis, 2005)
o       Turnbull et al., Privacy in the workplace: the employment perspective (North York: CCH Canadian, 2004)
 
Legislation guides
Federal
o       Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act: a guide for businesses and organizations (Ottawa: Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, 2004)
o       * Charnetski et al., The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act: a comprehensive guide (Aurora: Canada Law Book, looseleaf)
o       * Drapeau & Racicot, Federal Access to Information and Privacy Legislation Annotated (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf)
o       Guide to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Markham: Butterworths Canada, 2005)
o       Identity, privacy and the need of others to know who you are: a discussion paper on identity issues (Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, 2007)
o       * McNairn & Scott, Guide to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Markham: Butterworths, looseleaf)
o       * Perrin et al., The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, An Annotated Guide (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2001)
o       * Platt et al., Privacy law in the private sector: an annotation of the legislation in Canada (Aurora: Canada Law Book, looseleaf) (2 volumes)
o       Thorburn et al., Canada Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act quick reference (Toronto: Carswell, 2004)
 
Provincial
o       Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act: Policy and Procedures Manual (British Columbia: Ministry of Government Services, looseleaf) (2 volumes)
o       Identity theft revisited: security is not enough (Ontario: Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, 2005)
o       McNairn & Woodbury, The 2005 annotated Ontario Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Acts, 2005 (Toronto: Carswell, 2004)
o       Novakowski & Koles, Personal Information Protection Act: British Columbia & Alberta: quick reference (Toronto: Carswell, 2007)
 
Other countries
o       * Carr, J., The law of electronic surveillance, 2nd ed. (New York : C. Boardman, looseleaf)
o       Doyle & Bagaric, Privacy law in Australia (Sydney: Federation Press, 2005)
o       Fishman & McKenna, Wiretapping & eavesdropping: surveillance in the Internet age, 3rd ed. (Eagan, Minn.: Thomson/West, looseleaf) (2 volumes)
o       Kenyon & Richardson, New dimensions in privacy law: international and comparative perspectives (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006)
o       Newman, A., Protectors of Privacy: Regulating Personal Data in the Global Economy (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2008)
o       Rule, J., Privacy in Peril (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007)
o       Solove, D., Understanding privacy (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2008)
o       Ziegler, K., Human Rights and Private Law: Privacy as Autonomy (Oxford: Hart Pub., 2007)
 
Blogs
 
Websites
Canada
General
Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
 
Privacy Commissioner of Canada (general)
 
Privacy Commissioner of Canada (decisions under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act - PIPEDA)
 
Privacy Commissioner of Canada (decisions under the Privacy Act)
 
Privacy Commissioner of Canada. Privacy Facts - Social Insurance Numbers (SIN)
 
Privacy Commissioner of Canada: Identity Theft: What It Is and What You Could Do About It
 
Electronic Frontier Foundation
 
Electronic Frontier Canada
  
Department of Justice Canada: Access to information and privacy
 
National Access to Information FAQs
 
PrivacyInfo.ca (Maintained by Michael Geist)
 
Alberta
Alberta - Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP)
 
Alberta - Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
 
British Columbia
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia
 
Canadian Bar Association: Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy
 
British Columbia. Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services. Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIPP), including the Policy and Procedures Manual.
 
British Columbia. Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services. Guide to the Personal Information Act
 
BC Freedom of Information & Privacy Association
 
British Columbia - Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy
 
British Columbia - Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
 
Manitoba
Manitoba - Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
 
Manitoba Ombudsman - Access and Privacy Division
 
Ontario
Information and Privacy Commission
 
Québec
Commission d'acces a l'information du Québec (Includes decisions)
 
International
Privacy International
 
Electronic Privacy Information Centre (EPIC)
 
Review of Australian Privacy Law: Discussion Paper (Sydney: Australian Law Reform Commission, 2007).
 
Public Justice, Private Lives: A Companion to the Confidentiality Report ([Brisbane]: Law Reform Commission, 2007)
 
New Zealand. Law Commission, Privacy: Concepts and Issues: Review of the Law Of Privacy: Stage 1 (Wellington: Law Commission, 2008).
 
New Zealand. Law Commission, Public Registers: Review of the Law of Privacy: Stage 2 (Wellington: Law Commission, 2008).
 
Australia, Law Reform Commission, For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice: Report (Canberra: Australian Law Reform Commission, 2008).
 
Commercial websites
Access Privacy (Subscription required. A searchable database on privacy law in Ontario, maintained by Heenan Blaikie LLP)
 
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