The Protection Of Personal Information In The Private Sector In Québec: Looking Back And Thinking Forward is a good source material to learn about individual rights and consent pertaining to the protection of one’s personal information in the private sector.

Highlights of this publication include:

• A for Application
  • Definition of “Enterprise” and territorial scope
  • Definition of “Personal information” and material scope
  • Distinction between the private sector and the public sector
• C for Consent
  • Consent and alternatives to consent
  • Manifest, explicit, and implicit consent
  • Exceptions to consent in matters of employment, and
  • Business transactions
• T for Transparency
  • Privacy officer
  • Communication of personal information outside Quebec
  • Communicating personal information without consent
  • Security incidents involving personal information
• I for Individuals
  • The “Reasonableness” test
  • Individual rights
  • Restrictions on individual rights
• O for Openness
  • To research
  • To political parties
  • To the rest of Canada and the world
• N for Novelty
  • Advertising and nominative lists
  • Health and genetic data

The book also contains bibliography, a table of legislation, a table of cases, and an index for easy reference.