Photo: Luc Cinq-Mars A Canadian Tire store in Verdun, Montréal recycled unshredded documents that contain employee social security numbers and other highly confidential personal information, as reported in the French language daily 24 Heures, “Des informations personnelles se retrouvent au recyclage». In this case the paper was “accidentally” re-used to print-out a duplicate customer receipt. Let’s hope this was one limited incident and not a careless practice potentially widespread throughout the company and its stores. Regardless, it points to the pressing need of every corporation to develop, implement and monitor a seal-tight information management policy. The consequences of not doing so are potentially significant, as Dominic Jaar writes about in an article published in the International In-house Counsel Journal. (See the article on PIPEDA published elsewhere on this blog).
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Canadian Tire Embroiled in Privacy Rights Scandal
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009Ledjit eRecords Academy for Corporate Counsel
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Start 2010 off on the right foot and attend our eRecords Academy for Corporate Counsel! If there were only one conference to mark on your 2010 calendar, this would be it: The eRecords Academy for Corporate Counsel, under the auspices of the Canadian Corporate Council Association and the Canadian Bar Association. On Monday, February 22, join conference organizers Dominic Jaar, Philippe Senécal in Toronto for a full day’s immersion into the subject of electronic records management from the perspective of litigation preparedness and prevention experts. Citigroup Global Markets, Senior Vice President, Corporate IT and Risk Management Policy’s Richard Gomes kicks the day into high gear with a keynote address entitled: “Introducing Retention Policies and Practices: A Corporate Approach with an IT Perspective”. Mr. Gomes paves the way for Terry McQuay, President, Nymity Inc. and Sharon Redding, Senior Law Clerk, Bell Canada to illuminate “The Intersection of Privacy, Document Retention and eDiscovery – Reducing Organizational Risks”. Bringing the morning to an end with, “The Effective eDocument Retention Program – Policies, Processes and Solutions” is Ledjit’s Senior Consultant, Rob Gerbrandt et TD Bank Financial Group, e-Discovery Manager’s Shaun Saldanha. The afternoon speakers include: Carolyn Anger, Document Management Clerk, Stikeman Elliott LLP; Kristian Littman, Associate Corporate Counsel, Best Buy Canada Ltd.; The Hon. Mr. Justice Colin Campbell, Ontario Superior Court of Justice; Patrick Zeller, Assistant General Counsel, Guidance Software; Melanie Schweizer, Senior Counsel, Bell Canada; Edwina Podemski, Lawyer, Alberta Justice – Civil Law Branch; and, Denise Bagnell, Managing Director, Tri-global Solutions Group Inc. Click here for more information about this and other exciting conferences. (Ledjit clients are welcome to complementary admission to the eRecords Academy in Toronto!)
