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)
- Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) (Ontario)
- Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
- Criminal Code of Canada
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- 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
- Copyright Act
- Copyright Modernization Act