We have written about privacy in the past, including a few posts during the last week of June, when AT&T made changes to its privacy policy. There is an opportunity to look at privacy issues in depth, coming in October.
The International Privacy Officers Network (IPON) is meeting in Toronto on October 17 to discuss “Canada’s Unique Privacy Challenges: Employment, Outsourcing, Federal-Provincial Jurisdictional Issues“. The meeting is taking place a day before the International Association of Privacy Professionals holds its 6th annual Privacy Academy conference.
The IPON session is being run by our good friends at Privacy Laws and Business, a consultancy of specialists headed by Stewart Dresner. Stewart has been a leader in privacy matters for more than 20 years.
By attending this one day event, you will:
- Learn the most important things you need to know about how privacy issues are regulated in Canada;
- Understand how the private sector is impacted both in the provinces which have specific private sector privacy laws (Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec) and those which do not;
- Focus on the specific issues IPON members have told us they most need to grapple with, including employment issues and outsourcing;
- Exchange experience with your peers on how you and they manage compliance with privacy laws in Canada;
- Have an opportunity to make timely recommendations to the federal legislature’s review of the private sector law.
We plan to attend. Hope to see you there!