Processes personal data, in Saskatchewan

R.S.S. 1978, c. P-24, Part 1 · Read the law's page

• Do not wilfully and without claim of right violate the privacy of another person; the violation is a tort actionable without proof of damage (s. 2).
• Do not watch, listen to, record or follow a person by any means, listen to or record a conversation in which you do not take part as a lawful party, or use a person’s name, likeness or voice for advertising or other gain, without the consent, expressed or implied, of the person or of someone with lawful authority to give it; each is prima facie evidence of a violation (s. 3).
• Expect privacy to be measured as what is reasonable in the circumstances, with regard to the nature, incidence and occasion of the act, its effect on the person, any relationship between the parties and the conduct of both before and after (s. 6).
• Be ready for the remedies the court may order: damages, an injunction, an accounting of profits, delivery up of articles or documents, and any other relief that appears necessary (s. 7).

S.S. 2004, c. C-43.2 · Read the law's page

• If you operate as a credit reporting agency, hold a licence issued or renewed under the Act (s. 5).
• Adopt all reasonable procedures to ensure credit reports are accurate and fair, and keep out of a credit report the information the Act bars, including information about a debt six years after the last payment (ss. 16, 18).
• Provide information from your files only in a credit report to a person you have reason to believe intends to use it for a purpose the Act lists, such as credit, the purchase or collection of a debt, a tenancy, employment or the underwriting of insurance (s. 17(1)).
• If you obtain information from a credit reporting agency’s files, obtain it only for those purposes, and before requesting a credit report for a listed purpose get the consumer’s consent or give written notice that a report will be obtained with the name and address of the agency (ss. 17(2), 19).
• If you deny a benefit, or increase its cost, because of a credit report, give the consumer written notice within 30 days, in person or by mail, and give the agency’s name and address on a written request within 60 days (s. 20).
• On a consumer’s request disclose the information in the file without charge, and investigate a written dispute within a reasonable time, correcting information found incomplete, inaccurate or unverifiable and notifying the consumer and recent recipients (ss. 21, 23-24).