Statutory Review of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
January 15, 2008
Business Contact Information
In its Report, the Committee recommends "that a definition of 'business contact information' in PIPEDA is too narrow and is, therefore, inadequate in meeting the requirements for business communications in the information age. The government agrees that an amended definition of 'business contact information', which is inclusive of business email and fax numbers, and which is sufficiently broad to account for changes in communications technologies, could provide more certainty about the business use of this type of data without detracting from the protections given to other types of personal information."
Harmonization, where possible, with provincial privacy legislation is important to RCC members operating across provincial and territorial borders.
The exclusion provision pertaining to business contact information that exists in Alberta's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) would broaden the scope of business contact information and RCC would like to see it added to PIPEDA.