What is a Privacy Policy?

Put as simply as possible, a Privacy Policy - also referred to as a Privacy Code or a Privacy Statement - is a document explaining the personal information collection, use, storage, access and deletion procedures of any given organization.


What does a Privacy Policy include?

A Privacy Policy / Statement includes everything it needs to include. For example, as a PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act) compliant business in Canada, implementing your plan may be as simple as detailing the input, storage and retrieval procedures for information within a locked filing cabinet and keeping a written access log of such, or (depending on your business), may be as complicated as requiring a full digital asset management and network security audit (plus actually correcting any issues discovered). The amount of sensitive data, the medium of such data, the access rate of the data and how the data is used, stored, transmitted and destroyed should all be considered when preparing your Privacy Policy and PIPEDA compliancy plan.


What is PIPEDA.net?

PIPEDA.net is an online information resource for businesses and consumers all across Canada (and around the world). Since 2003, PIPEDA.net has published consumer privacy guidelines and interpretation(s) of private sector Privacy legislation in Canada in addition to offering advice and fast, effective compliancy solutions for small-medium sized business. The PIPEDA.net initiative, managed by Kristopher Curtiss Chorneychuk, B.A., has knowledge and expertise from over 8 years in the Internet / e-commerce industry with direct experience and skills in web, graphic & network design/implementaion, film & video, statistics, data management, and copyright issues.