The original post: /r/privacy by /u/TheLinuxMailman on 2025-01-22 03:51:14.

Guidelines for identification and authentication

"Trust is an essential component of Canada’s economy and the global digital economy. Mutually beneficial interactions between organizations and individuals serve to engender that trust.

Whether in the physical world or online, many organizations develop processes to manage their interactions with individuals. As these processes often involve the collection, use and disclosure of personal information, organizations are responsible for treating that personal information with care and for protecting it in compliance with Canada’s privacy laws."

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Identification machines and video cameras in bars examined - PIPEDA Case Summary #2008-396

"The patron entering a licensed establishment owned by Canad Inns was asked to show her driver’s licence, the cover of which was copied by an identification machine (ID machine). She did not mind showing her identification, but did not appreciate it being copied. At the time of the complaint, there was neither signage advising customers of this practice nor were there signs alerting patrons to the presence of video cameras inside the bar.

We looked at the issues of collecting personal information from bar and nightclub patrons via the ID machines and via video surveillance. We found that the ID machines were inappropriate for their stated purpose. We recommended that Canad Inns cease using them, and that the company remove all personal information already collected and retained by them, as well as the information collected and retained by the video cameras."