Duty LXD-5920
Publishes adult content, in Quebec
Act to establish a legal framework for information technology, security measures for confidential technology-based documentssince 2 lines
CQLR c C-1.1, s. 25 · Read the law's page
- Take appropriate security measures to protect the confidentiality of a technology-based document containing confidential information if you are the person responsible for access to it (s. 25).
- Control access to the document, for example by a restricted view technique or any technique that prevents unauthorized persons from accessing the information or the document, or the components that provide access to it (s. 25).
Act to establish a legal framework for information technology, service provider custody of technology-based documentssince 3 lines
CQLR c C-1.1, s. 26 · Read the law's page
- If you place a technology-based document in the custody of a service provider, tell the provider beforehand what privacy protection the document needs, given the confidentiality of its information, and who is authorized to access it (s. 26).
- If you hold a technology-based document in custody for someone else as a service provider, see to it that the agreed technological means are in place to ensure its security and maintain its integrity, and, if applicable, to protect its confidentiality and prevent access by unauthorized persons (s. 26).
- As a service provider holding a document in custody, comply with any other legal obligation on the retention of the document (s. 26).
Commission d’accès à l’information supervision, administrative and penal sanctions, punitive damagessince 3 lines
CQLR c P-39.1, ss. 90.1-90.17, 91-93, 93.1 · Read the law's page
- Expect the Commission d’accès à l’information to investigate a suspected failure to comply with this Act and, through a person it designates, to impose a monetary administrative penalty of up to $50,000 for a natural person or, in any other case, up to $10,000,000 or 2% of worldwide turnover, whichever is greater.
- Expect the same conduct to be prosecutable as a penal offence carrying a fine of $5,000 to $100,000 for a natural person or, in any other case, $15,000 to $25,000,000 or 4% of worldwide turnover, whichever is greater.
- Expect a court to award punitive damages of at least $1,000 to a person whose right under this Act, or under articles 35 to 40 of the Civil Code, is infringed unlawfully and either intentionally or through gross fault.