The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta, Frank Work, recently released decisions in Best Buy Canada Ltd. and Air Miles Reward Program reflecting his view that, in certain circumstances, a breach involving non-sensitive personal information may necessitate notification to the Commissioner and affected individuals.
Privacy issues often go hand-in-hand with marketing initiatives, and we receive regular client queries related to promotions in the social networking context. Accordingly, we would like to draw your attention to Facebook's new promotions guidelines, which were released last week.