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DID YOU KNOW THAT ...
The Ontario Court of Appeal broke new ground by recognizing a right to bring a civil action for damages for the invasion of personal privacy. The Plaintiff discovered that a bank employee had been surreptitiously looking at her banking records. The employee had gained access to her personal financial records at least 174 times over a period of four years. In his decision, Justice R. J. Sharpe states:
"[68] It is within the capacity of the common law to evolve to respond to the problem posed by the routine collection and aggregation of highly personal information that is readily accessible in electronic form. Technological change poses a novel threat to a right of privacy that has been protected for hundreds of years by the common law under various guises and that, since 1982 and the Charter, has been recognized as a right that is integral to our social and political order.
[69] Finally, and most importantly, we are presented in this case with facts that cry out for a remedy."
Justice Sharpe fixed the range of damages for intrusion upon seclusion at up to $20,000. The Plaintiff was awarded $10,000.00 in damages. You can access the full text of this order at the following link:
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Canada's federal, provincial and territorial Access to Information and Privacy Commissioners are once again calling for nominations for the Grace-Pépin Access to Information Award. Nominations will be accepted until July 3, 2012.
This information has been taken from www.gov.pe.ca