translate English to French: The federal government has announced its intention to introduce, in 1998, legislation that would apply to the private sector and set "clear and predictable rules governing the protection of personal information."153 This would be consistent with recent trends internationally, as the European Union, the United Kingdom and New Zealand have legislative provisions governing the private sector as a whole, and the United States has sectoral provisions.154 The European Union Directive, adopted in October 1995, contains provisions stipulating that data may be transferred to a non-member state only if there is an adequate level of protection in the third country.
En 1996, l’Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA), à l’issue d’un processus pluripartite auquel ont participé les entreprises, les gouvernements et les groupes de consommateurs, a élaboré un code type énonçant 10 principes de protection des renseignements personnels. Ces principes portent par exemple sur les ﬁns de la collecte des renseignements, le consentement, les limitations de la collecte et de l’utilisation des renseignements, les mesures de sécurité, l’accès et la responsabilité.