Act to establish a legal framework for information technology, extensive search functions on public personal information
In force since .
A comprehensive regime rule binding public and private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Access restriction
As of .
What it requires
- If you are the person responsible for access to a technology-based document that contains personal information and is made public for a specific purpose, restrict the use of extensive search functions in the document to that purpose (s. 24).
- See to it that appropriate technological means are in place to keep the use of extensive search functions within that purpose (s. 24).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
What this law does
The use of extensive search functions in a technology-based document containing personal information that is made public for a specific purpose must be restricted to that purpose. The person responsible for access to the document must see to it that appropriate technological means are in place to achieve that end. The person responsible for access may also set conditions for the use of such search functions, in accordance with the criteria determined under paragraph 2 of section 69 of the Act.
A technology-based document is a document in any medium based on any information technology referred to in paragraph 2 of section 1 of the Act. The Act came into force on , except section 104, which took effect on .
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app reuses other publishers' content or operates a social platform.