Legislation

There is a wide variety of federal and provincial legislation that drives the need for College Information Security policies and practices, including the following:

• Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) (Ontario)
  • http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90f31_e.htm

• Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) (Ontario)
  • http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_04p03_e.htm

• Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
  • http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/P-8.6/

• Criminal Code of Canada
  • http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46//

• • Unauthorized use of a Computer (s. 342.1);
  • Identity Theft (s56.1, s402.1);
  • Mischief s. 430.(1.1);
  • Obscenity (s. 163);Corrupting Morals s. 163);
  • Making, Distributing, Selling, or Possession of Child Pornography s. 163.1).
  • Luring Children (s. 172.1);
  • Interception of Private Communication (s. 184);
  • Making Threats (s. 264);
  • Harassment (s. 264.1);
  • Promoting Hatred (s. 319);
  • Theft of Telecommunications Services (s. 326)
  • Devices to Break into Computers (s. 342.2);
  • Possession of Credit Card Data (s. 342.3)
  • Personation (s403);
  • Making Likenesses of bank notes with computer assistance (s. 457);
  • Counselling the Commission of an Offence (s. 464); and
  • Directing Criminal Offences for Criminal Organizations (s. 467.13),

• Ontario Human Rights Code
  • http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90h19_e.htm

• Copyright Act
  • http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-42/

• Copyright Modernization Act
  • http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/annualstatutes/2012_20/page-1.html