Definition : Privacy

All elements attached to a person, which are part of his private life, and to which, at least in principle, third parties do not have access. Privacy is protected by, without limitation, the Civil Code of Québec, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.

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