Privacy Commissioner begins a new phase as an ombudswoman

When the Assistant Privacy Commissioner was at the McInnes Cooper/NPSi seminar on privacy and business last week, on thing she said was that the Office of the Privacy Commissioner is going to emphasise its original mission: that of an ombudsman (or ombudswoman). Apparently Radwanski had no interest in settling matters or helping with the process. With that in mind, the OPC is now going to release "findings" of many that are settled in the course of investigation, beginning with a batch that were just put on the website this week:

Commissioner's Findings - Privacy Commissioner of Canada

The following are new noteworthy settled in the course of the investigation and early resolution case summaries

• PIPEDA Case summary #295: Access request ignored, but no personal information existed
• PIPEDA Case summary #294: Trucking Business Formulates and Implements Privacy Policy
• PIPEDA Case summary #293: Collection agency corrects inaccurate information
• PIPEDA Case summary #292: Windows reveal too much information
• PIPEDA Case summary #291: Company takes steps to become compliant with the Act
• PIPEDA Case summary #290: Company eliminates excessive information from database
• PIPEDA Case summary #289: Trucking company prepares privacy policies and procedures and designates a privacy officer subsequent to settling complaint from former employee
• PIPEDA Case summary #288: Credit check to open a personal deposit account
• PIPEDA Case summary #287: Company amends employee list it sends to union
• PIPEDA Case summary #286: Concerns result in improved language of consent
• PIPEDA Case summary #285: Pharmacy simplifies its consent policy and procedures
• PIPEDA Case summary #284: Store implements changes following laptop lapse