As in the federal jurisdiction, the laws apply only to information held by the public sector. The only province with a privacy law governing the private sector being Quebec . Summaries of provincial and territorial privacy laws are available online . Other than in Quebec, there are no laws in Canada that regulate what private businesses can do with your personal information. This means that there is nothing to prevent a private company from distributing your personal information to other businesses.
Many companies do adhere to voluntary privacy codes.
In January 1994, Bill 68 was enacted, extending the right of access to one's personal information held by credit bureaus, insurance companies, pharmacies and any other commercial enterprise that holds personal information.