"The two offices decided to jointly investigate these matters as Facebook and AggregateIQ are subject to both PIPEDA and PIPA".
According to Canada's private-sector privacy law, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), organizations must retain personal information only for as long as is necessary to meet appropriate purposes.
Police had pulled his address after making a request, under PIPEDA, to Shaw, his ISP. .
CSIS was one client of the program, so VICE requested information on how much they paid out to cellphone and internet companies while citing its authority under PIPEDA.
The ruling, released today, can only be seen as a stiff rebuke to the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
But while Spencer might still be screwed, today's ruling represents one of the most important enhancements for Canadians' privacy to come down since PIPEDA was passed.
Police and the Harper government contended that the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, or, PIPEDA, gave them the authority to do so.
"PIPEDA prohibits disclosure of the information unless the requirements of the law enforcement provisions are met, including that the government institution discloses a lawful authority to obtain, not simply to ask for the information," Cromwell wrote.
