Privacy Commissioner calls for Privacy Act overhaul

| June 20, 2006
In her Annual Report on the Privacy Act, Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart repeats her call for a major review of the federal public sector data protection law, noting that it has not been updated for over 20 years, despite tremendous technological changes that have made privacy more vulnerable than ever. Released at the same time were the results of her audit of the Canadian Border Security Agency under the Privacy Act. The audit assesses the agency