{"id":1614,"slug":"pipeda-ontario-no-substantially-similar-law-applies-in-full","title":"Ontario has no substantially-similar private-sector privacy law → PIPEDA applies in full to MLS personal info (only BC, AB, QC have substantially-similar laws)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","candid-team"],"topics":["privacy-pipeda","ontario-real-estate-market"],"reference_body":"**Claim.** Ontario has no substantially-similar private-sector privacy law, so PIPEDA applies in full to Ontario real estate. Only BC, Alberta, and Quebec have substantially-similar laws.\n\n**Source.** priv.gc.ca (Office of the Privacy Commissioner), accessed 2026-06-21.\n\n**Confidence.** Verified.\n\n**Caveats.** Quebec's Law 25 has significantly more aggressive enforcement than PIPEDA; do not extrapolate enforcement intensity from Quebec to Ontario.\n\n**Implication / use.** Anchors [[rule-ontario-pipeda-applies-in-full-no-substantially-similar-law]]. Any Ontario MLS-data product is in PIPEDA's scope without provincial overlay.","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"research-brief-mls-data-inside-the-box-ontario-june-2026","title":"Research notes (capture-layer): inside the MLS box — what an Ontario member agent's account exposes, what goes unused, and what they're licensed to do with it (June 2026)","kind":"research-notes","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-mls-data-inside-the-box-ontario-june-2026","title":"Research notes (capture-layer): inside the MLS box — what an Ontario member agent's account exposes, what goes unused, and what they're licensed to do with it (June 2026)","kind":"research-notes","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"rule-ontario-pipeda-applies-in-full-no-substantially-similar-law","title":"Rule: Ontario has NO substantially-similar private-sector privacy law — PIPEDA applies in full. Do not extrapolate enforcement intensity from Quebec / BC / Alberta","kind":"rule","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"opc-2009-002-sold-price-address-personal-mls-not-publicly-available","title":"OPC Case Summary #2009-002 — sold price + address is personal information; pulling from MLS does NOT qualify for \"publicly available\" consent exemption (decisive against MLS-sourced republication)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"opc-2005-303-other-agents-mls-records-top-5-sellers","title":"OPC PIPEDA Case #2005-303 (and BCREA #409) — using OTHER agents' MLS sales records in a \"top 5 sellers\" ad without consent breached Principle 4.3","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"crea-privacy-code-2001-10-principles","title":"CREA Privacy Code (in place since 2001) — 10 PIPEDA principles; brokerages must obtain seller/buyer consent for board collection/use/disclosure and produce proof on request","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"treb-pipeda-defense-failed-on-facts-not-principle","title":"TREB's PIPEDA-based privacy/business-justification defence failed on the facts — wide use, inconsistent enforcement, no CPO/CIO evidence; principle remains theoretically open","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-06-21T10:51:32.831Z","updated_at":"2026-06-21T10:51:32.831Z"}