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{
"time": "2008-04-29 16:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Patricia Kosseim (General Counsel, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1079261\" data-originallang=\"en\"> There are several examples. One is a case where the personal information of prison guards got into the hands of inmates. But to remedy that situation of wrongful disclosure of information under the Privacy Act, there was no possibility of recourse to the Federal Court under that act. The only available means to get enforcement by a court would be to go through the civil courts for civil remedies. There are several possible recourses, none of which the Privacy Act intended to provide individuals in Canada--namely, a more manageable, non-litigious way to try to resolve the issue\u2014and if not available, to proceed to Federal Court as a last resort, under a regime that already allows them a head start when they get there and doesn't require such enormous financial means to be able to sustain protracted litigation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1079262\" data-originallang=\"en\">Those are examples of cases where obviously a remedy or recourse in the context of the Privacy Act would give individuals a head start to get there.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1079261\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il y a plusieurs exemples. Dans l'un d'eux, les renseignements personnels d'un gardien de prison se sont retrouv\u00e9s dans les mains des prisonniers. La Loi sur la protection des renseignements personnels ne permettait pas de s'adresser \u00e0 la Cour f\u00e9d\u00e9rale pour rem\u00e9dier \u00e0 cette situation de divulgation pr\u00e9judiciable de renseignements. La seule solution dans un tel cas serait d'entamer des recours civils devant des tribunaux civils. Il y a plusieurs recours possibles mais la Loi sur la protection des renseignements personnels n'a pr\u00e9vu aucune modalit\u00e9 pour permettre aux personnes se trouvant au Canada de faire appel \u00e0 une solution plus facile \u00e0 g\u00e9rer et moins litigieuse pour r\u00e9soudre le probl\u00e8me. En dernier recours, il reste \u00e0 s'adresser \u00e0 la Cour f\u00e9d\u00e9rale dans le cadre d'un r\u00e9gime qui permettant d\u00e9j\u00e0 au plaignant de s'adresser \u00e0 elle sans devoir disposer de moyens financiers \u00e9normes pour mener des poursuites interminables. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1079262\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ce sont l\u00e0 des exemples de cas dans lesquels, manifestement, un rem\u00e8de ou un recours dans le cadre de la Loi sur la protection des renseignements personnels constituerait un bon point de d\u00e9part pour permettre aux gens de se d\u00e9fendre. </p>"
},
"url": "/committees/ethics/39-2/30/patricia-kosseim-1/",
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"source_id": "2440704",
"document_url": "/committees/ethics/39-2/30/",
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