I wonder if anyone has compared the Canadian and US laws in this respect  and
if there is much difference.

Thanks,

Rick Barry
_www.mybestdocs.com_ (http://www.mybestdocs.com)
Cofounder, Open Reader Consortium
_www.openreader.org_ (http://www.openreader.org)

In a message dated 6/8/2005 12:06:28 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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Date:    Tue, 7 Jun 2005 13:57:26 -0600
From:     Rita Loughlin <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: PIPA and  PIPEDA

Succintly, e-commerce drove the privacy  legislation.

PIPEDA (The Personal Information Protection and Electronic  Documents Act) is
Canadian federal legislation that came into effect in  Jan.2001:
http://www.privcom.gc.ca/legislation/02_06_01_e.asp .  PIPA  (PERSONAL
INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT)is legislation enacted in Alberta and  also
legislation enacted in B.C. (often referred to as Alberta PIPA and  B.C.  PIPA
(http://www.electriclawyer.com/privacy/news.html

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