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Article: Video Surveillance of Employees and Private-Sector Privacy Legislation.
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- October 4, 2005
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This article was originally published in Blakes Bulletin on Labour & Employment in September 2005
Article by Brian Thiessen & Jessica Bullock, [c]2005 Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Video surveillance of employees constitutes the collection of personal information and the consent of the individual whose personal information is being collected will be required, unless the employer relies on an exception provided within the legislation.
In Canada, an employee's right to privacy is considered fundamental. However, courts and arbitral tribunals consistently find that this right is not absolute and that, inproper circumstances, it may give ...