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
Created 2026-06-21
Summary
Claim. CREA Privacy Code, in place since 2001, codifies the 10 PIPEDA principles for the realtor context. Brokerages must obtain seller/buyer consent for the board to collect/use/disclose the listing & transaction info, and produce proof on request.
Source. crea.ca; Alberta provincial MLS rules echo it, accessed 2026-06-21.
Confidence. Verified.
Caveats. Consent recordkeeping is a real operational obligation; whether brokerages consistently produce proof on request is a separate enforcement question.
Implication / use. The consent-chain anchor. Any product that processes MLS-sourced personal info must consider the consent chain back to the original brokerage-collected consent.
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Referenced by (2)
- research-notes 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) relates-to
- rule Rule: do not republish sold price + address from MLS without consent. OPC #2009-002 — MLS-sourced ≠ registry-sourced; the "publicly available" exemption fails when the MLS is the source depends-on