Privacy Commissioner rules on SWIFT complaints

The federal Privacy Commissioner today released her findings on the matter of SWIFT, an international banking transaction clearinghouse that last year admitted to disclosing personal data to the U.S. Treasury in response to a subpoena. She found that neither SWIFT nor Canadian banks are violating PIPEDA when they disclose personal information about Canadians to foreign authorities in response to subpoenas by those authorities. OPCC Finding on CIPPIC complaint against bank CIPPIC News Release