'Intrusion upon Seclusion' ? The Tort Whose Time Has Come?

• Author: Bernice Karn
• Pages: 305-315

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IntrusionuponSeclusion

TheTortWhoseTimeHasCome

Bernice Karn*

Witht heen actment oft hePersonal Information Protection and Electronic

DocumentsAct or PIP EDA  Canadaarg uablybecameone ofthe world-

wideleaders for the protect ion ofp ersonal information in commerce

PIPE DA hadbeen preceded bythe enactment ofprivatesector privacy

legislation in Q uebecwhichwassoonfollowedbyprovinciallegisla-

tion in Alberta and British Columbia Givent heprotec tions aorded

byeachof these statutesin their respectiveprovinces theGovernorin

CouncilhasissuedOrdersexemptingorganizationsfromtheprovisions

ofPart  ofPI PEDA  inre spectof the collection use andd isclosure of

personalin formationwith int hoseprov inces Allof thesestat utesseek

toreg ulatet he collection use andd isclosure of personal information

inthe course ofcommerc ialact ivitiesIn additionfederal andprovi n-

cialstatutes inCanada provideprotectionfort hepersonali nformation

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studentatlawinthepreparationofthispap erisgratefullyac knowledged

 SCcPIPEDA

 AnActrespectingtheProtectionofpers onalinformationintheprivatesec tor RSQcP

 PersonalInformationProtectio nActSAcPPersonalInformationProtectionA ct

SBCc

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