Re: Connect App - Compliance Canada

From
Ken Citron <kcitron@homecareassistance.com>
To
Steve Koyanagi <skoyanagi@homecareassistance.com>
CC
Timothy Thomas <tt@homecareassistance.com>, Terrence Vetter <terrence.vetter@homecareassistance.com>, Amy Freeman <afreeman@homecareassistance.com>, Erica Smith <erica@homecareassistance.com>, Nina Kani <nkani@homecareassistance.com>
Date
Tue, 22 Feb 2022 15:55:26 -0500
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INBOX
--Apple-Mail-F226D5F6-F417-49D3-ABD2-4109108C77AB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =46rom a timeline perspective we want to move as quickly as possible. We ar= e looking a any hurdles.=20 Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 22, 2022, at 3:40 PM, Steve Koyanagi wrote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BF > Tim, >=20 > Thanks for reaching out. Can you provide an overview of what your timelin= e is for implementation? =20 >=20 > Amy, can you also remind me of exactly what employee data is being collect= ed via the app? Is it just a caregiver's name and email address? >=20 > There are a number of Canadian privacy laws regulating an employer's colle= ction of consumer/employee data, including: > Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act=20 > Personal Information Protection Act (Alberta)=20 > Personal Information Protection Act (British Columbia)=20 > An Act Respecting the Protection of Personal Information in the Private Se= ctor (Quebec) > In general, the laws related to collection of employment data are less rig= orous. Depending on our project timeline and the exact data being collected= , my thought is we'll likely want to seek a quick opinion from Canadian coun= sel on the current privacy landscape. >=20 > Let me know on the above. Thanks. >=20 >> On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 12:17 PM Timothy Thomas wrote: >> Hey Steve, >>=20 >> I'm workin with Erica and Amy on the roll out of the Caregiver Connect Ap= p in Canada. Before pushing the app out to our offices here we wanted to dou= ble check what the implications are around data collection in Canada. Last y= ear Clearcare migrated us over to a Canadian server and .ca domain for compl= iance reasons so it's possible we would need to do the same for any data col= lection that HCA is doing behind the scenes. >>=20 >> Let me know what you think, thanks! >> Tim >>=20 >> --=20 >> Timothy Thomas >> Head of Canada >> Home Care Assistance >> Office: 514-907-5065 >> Fax: 514-221-4265 >> 4464 Ste Catherine West >> Westmount, QC, H3Z1R7 >> HomeCareAssistanceMontreal.ca >> --- >> Read Our Testimonials >> We Are Hiring! >> =09 >>=20 >> Champions of Longevity --Apple-Mail-F226D5F6-F417-49D3-ABD2-4109108C77AB Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3

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