"Nymity's privacy policy assessment,
and the Canadian Notice Index were an excellent
resource in the creation of Equifax's new privacy
policy.
PrivaWorks itself is a real jewel and I reference
it frequently."
Debbie McCartney
Director of Legal Services
Equifax
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Nymity's 2005 Top Privacy Policies
Congratulations to
the winners of the top privacy policies of 2005!
These organizations demonstrated the highest
level of commitment to privacy in Canada.
How? Their online privacy policies had
the highest levels of transparency. These
policies demonstrated the highest levels of accountability
to consumers, providing clear notice of the organization's
information handling policies and practices. |
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2005 Top Policies
by Industry |
2005 Top Privacy
Policies |
| Telecommunications
Bell
Telus
Sprint Canada
SaskTel
Banking
Scotiabank
TD Bank Financial Group
RBC Royal Bank
CIBC
Retail
Chapters Indigo
Sears Canada
Hudson's Bay Company
Canadian Tire
Insurance
Aviva
Belair Direct
Primmum Insurance
Manulife Financial
Consumer Services
TransUnion
eBay
Monster.ca
Ticketmaster Canada
AlarmForce
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- Bell
- Telus
- Scotiabank
- TransUnion
- TD Bank Financial Group
- Aviva
- Sprint Canada
- Chapters Indigo
- Sears Canada
- RBC Royal Bank
Compliance with Privacy Laws
Privacy policies demonstrate an organization's
commitment to privacy and, in Nymity's experience,
serve as a good indicator of the organization's
efforts to comply with privacy laws.
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Ranking Criteria
and Process
- Rankings are based on an empirical process, specific
criteria and not subject to opinions or bias.
- The 2005 ranking is based on 70 Notice Considerations
found in the Canadian
Notice Index.
- Ranking is completed by Nymity's research lawyers,
experts in Notice provisions, using a specific methodology.
- Ranking is based on transparency, not on content.
For example, an organization that stated several
uses of personal information for secondary purposes
would rank equal to an organization that stated they
didn't use personal information for secondary purposes.
The key is providing notice on this matter.
- Ranking is for online privacy policies on Canadian
Web sites only. Privacy policies refers to notices
available online relating to an organization's personal
information management practices. This includes
but not is limited to, privacy statements, privacy
codes, privacy brochures and privacy promises.
 The
2005 Ranking was conducted for the Telecommunications,
Banking, Retail, Insurance and Consumer services industries.
Organizations outside of these industry were not ranked.
Future rankings will include additional industries.
- An organization need not be a Nymity customer to
be ranked. No bias is given to Nymity's customers,
in fact, the research team does not know which organizations
are Nymity customers.
- Ranking criteria are openly available to subscribers
of the Canadian
Notice Index.
- Nymity uses best efforts to analyze all organizations
in each industry. We use a combination of industry
listings from business associations and magazines
to identify organizations. Anyone can nominate an
organization for future rankings by contacting Nymity
by email at info@nymity.com,
or call by phone at 416 214 7838 or toll-free at 1-866-3-NYMITY.
- Nymity publishes only the best privacy policies
and does not disclose organizations who rank low based
on the criteria. Nymity however, reserves the
right to share the complete list of rankings with
regulatory bodies, such as the Office of the Federal
Privacy Commissioner, for example.
- Only Nymity can use the Canadian
Notice Index for ranking purposes.
For additional information contact Nymity at 416 214
7838 or toll-free at 1 866 3 NYMITY or by email at info@nymity.com.
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