Legislation

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:

    • 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),