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Article: Canada's Privacy Commissioner Releases Decision on Outsourcing and USA Patriot Act.
- Article from:
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- November 16, 2005
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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has released a decision that clears up some uncertainty surrounding outsourcing in view of Canada's federal privacy statute, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). Canadian businesses may outsource the processing of their customer's personal information to U.S. firms without contravening PIPEDA, even when that information is subject to disclosure to U.S. authorities under the PATRIOT Act without the knowledge or consent of the customer. Indeed, in some cases the PATRIOT Act prohibits disclosure of the fact that personal information has been disclosed to U.S. authorities. But the Privacy ...