Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
www.tbs-sct.gc.ca
Notice and Consent Guidelines
Contents
Introduction
A) Notice
A1) What is meant by Notice?
A2) How is Notice given?
A2.1) General Privacy Notices
A2.2) Specific Privacy Notice Statements
A3) Frequently asked questions about Privacy Notice Statements
B) Consent
B1) What is meant by Consent?
B2) How is Consent given?
B3) Is Consent necessary?
B4) Is Consent sufficient?
C) Combining Notice and Consent
D) Recommended First Steps
D1) Review your Web site's Privacy Notice
D2) Review Privacy Notice Statements from other channels
D3) Consult your Privacy coordinator
D4) Consider privacy training
D5) Fraud
E) Writing your Privacy Notice Statements
E1) Sample Privacy Notice Statement
E2) Privacy Notice Statement checklist
E3) Copy and paste
F) Designing your Privacy Notice Statements
F1) Webmasters must follow Common Look and Feel for the Internet
F2) Statement and application entry on the same page
F3) Ensure that all of the Privacy Notice Statement is visible
F4) Put the link to begin filling out the application at the very bottom
of the Privacy Notice Statement
G) Application form
G1) Ensure that the personal information is entered
on secure Web pages
G2) Consider further options after personal information has been entered
G3) The Consent link or button
