Traduction de «Divulgation de renseignements personnels » (Français → Anglais) :

However, the Privacy Act does exceptionally allow for disclosure of personal information without consent where authorized to do so by another act of Parliament.

5. This Article shall not preclude the disclosure of general information by the Union authorities and in particular of the reasons on which decisions taken pursuant to this Regulation are based.

In the course of the preliminary investigation, the Vienna Prosecutor’s Office intends to order searches, in particular on the premises used by the staff of the ‘Liste Martin’ and to obtain the release of information concerning bank accounts and bank transactions in both Austria and Germany.

8. Points out that personal data have become an essential ingredient of many business activities, in particular electronic telecommunications; notes that the economic value of personal data and value-added operations based on personal data is growing rapidly; points out that, due to the global nature of electronic telecommunications, personal data can be accessed and used anywhere in the world, which often creates legal uncertainties and obstacles for business on the one hand, and weakens the legal protection of individual citizens on the other; calls therefore for the urgent elaboration of global data protection standards in the cont ...[+++]ext of the Transatlantic Economic Council, so as to guarantee a high level of protection of personal data, and legal certainty for companies;

There follows a whole list of mostly valid circumstances under which personal information collected about you by a business in the course of its commercial activity could be disclosed. Those valid circumstances include: for the purpose of collecting a debt owed by the individual to the organization; if the information was required to comply with a subpoena or a warrant; if there was a suspicion that the information related to national security, the defence of Canada or the conduct of international affairs; if the disclosure was required for the purpose of enforcing any law of Canada; if the disclosure was made to a person who needs t ...[+++]he information because of an emergency that threatens the life, health or security of an individual; and so on.

From licences to the discontinuing of clinical trials, to the disclosure of personal information to a person or government that carries out functions related to the protection or promotion of human health without the consent of the individual to whom the personal information relates, if the disclosure is necessary, is worrying.