Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and Privacy Act

According to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (2018), personal information is data about an “identifiable individual”. It is information that can identify you as an individual on its own or combined with other pieces of data. PIPEDA largely encompasses how businesses handle personal information. Several provinces in Canada have their own privacy laws as they relate to health care which is substantially aligned with PIPEDA, while other provinces and territories have privacy acts not considered directly aligned with PIPEDA.