"The National Privacy Policy Index [now
the Canadian Notice Index] should be useful
to organizations that are in the process of
implementing the national law or provincial
laws that have similar requirements.
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner
of Canada encourages all organizations to develop
and then live up to their privacy policies."
Heather H. Black
Assistant Privacy Commissioner
Office of
the Privacy Commissioner
of Canada
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Nymity's 2006 Top Privacy Policies
Submit Your Nominations
 Nymity
invites you to submit nominations for our 2nd Annual
Listing of Top Privacy Policies in Canada.
The success of Nymity's 2005
Top Privacy Policies has created the demand for
this to become an annual event.
Why? Consumers, organizations, Commissioners offices
and the media are interested in which organizations
are demonstrating a commitment to privacy. They
want to know who is taking privacy seriously, who is
making the investment and who is establishing best-practices.
They want to know who is being accountable!
Based on extensive research, Nymity can meet this demand.
Demonstration
of a Corporation's Commitment to Privacy
Clear and complete disclosure of an organization's
personal information policies and practices provides
consumers notice that allows them to make informed
choices, a requirement in privacy laws and privacy
standards. It also provides consumers with
information and options when the organization
is already a custodian of the consumer's personal
information.
 The
quality of an organization's notice to consumers
can be measured based on industry-defined best-practices.
Nymity's Canadian
Notice Index has a complete listing of effective
notice provisions in Canada. A sub-set of
these Notice Considerations is used to measure
an organization's level of transparency. See Ranking
Criteria and Process. The result will
be Nymity's 2006 Top Privacy Policies in Canada.
Compliance with Privacy Law
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.
Privacy policies are the standard to which an
organization is held accountable. Transparency
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Nominations
To nominate an organization, email Nymity at
info@nymity.com,
or call Nymity at 416 214 7838 or toll-free at
1-866-3-NYMITY. Organizations may nominate
themselves.
A summary of the results will be published in
Q2, 2006 on Nymity's Web site and announced in
Nymity's free
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2006 Trends
in Transparency Report
Research by Nymity
Identifying the top privacy policies in Canada is an
extensive research project that allows for the creation
of Nymity's 2006 Trends in Transparency Report.
This report provides and in-depth understanding
of:
- transparency provisions found in top privacy policies
in Canada;
- advanced notice observations by industry;
- best practices in policy structures, including
multi-layer notices;
- strategies used to build consumer trust;
- language usage, legalese versus common language;
- the use of privacy seals;
- advanced notice considerations, including such
areas as:
- cross-border transfers of personal information;
- outsourcing;
- consent;
- call recording;
- access requests;
- resume collection.
- security provisions found in privacy policies;
and
- advanced risk mitigation strategies.
The report will provide detailed statistical analyses,
covering areas such as:
- advanced notice considerations;
- industry transparency;
- notice structures; and
- length of privacy policies.
The report will be made available with the announcement
of Nymity's 2006 Top Privacy Policies in Canada, for
a fee.
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. The 2006 ranking will be based on
an updated set of Notice Considerations.
- 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 is not limited to, privacy statements, privacy
codes, privacy brochures and privacy promises.
- An organizations 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, for example, the Office of the
Federal Privacy Commissioner.
- Only Nymity can use the Canadian
Notice Index for ranking purposes.
- Organizations may contact Nymity for an assessment. Some
fees apply. Learn more.
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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