Book Review: The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act: An Annotated Guide by Stephanie Perrin, Heather H. Black, David H. Flaherty and T. Murray Rankin, Q.C. (Concord, Ont.: Irwin Law, 2001)

In April 2000, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act was passed by the House of Commons. The legislation dealt with both personal information privacy and the use and validity of electronic documents in areas governed by federal law. On January 1, 2001, the portion of the Act dealing with electronic documents took effect, as did the privacy provisions, to the extent that they related to the collection use or disclosure of personal information inter-provincially, or in connection with a federal work, undertaking or business. The Act applied to personal health information as of January 1, 2002, and will finally extend to information collected, used and disclosed within any Canadian province on January 1, 2004. Irwin Law\u27s The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act: An Annotated Guide is the first published attempt to provide a practical and systematic approach to understanding this legislation