Handling a privacy complaint under Quebec's Law 25 (English)
Under Quebec's Law 25, an organization must set out, in its policies and practices, a process for receiving and dealing with complaints about how it handles personal information. A complaint is different from an access or rectification request, which seeks to consult or correct information, and from a confidentiality incident, which is an unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. The person in charge of the protection of personal information is the entry point for complaints, and their contact details must be published on the organization's website. A sound process receives the complaint, acknowledges it, triages it, examines it fairly, and resolves it, while keeping a record of how each complaint was received, examined, and resolved. A person who remains dissatisfied may bring the matter to the Commission d'acces a l'information. Keeping a complaints register makes this evidence immediate at audit time. HelionAI helps organizations organize and document their Law 25 compliance program.
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