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Online Privacy Basics for Canadians
Learn how privacy law works in Canada and Alberta, how to use your right to see your own data, and how to tighten the settings that matter. Five short lessons and a quiz, with a certificate of completion.
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About 60 minutes
5 short lessons and one final quiz. Your progress is saved, so you can stop and come back on any device.
Certificate of completion
Finish every lesson and score 70% or more on the final quiz. Retakes are unlimited.
Not a program
This free short course is not part of a Ucademy diploma or certificate program and gives no program credit.
What you will learn
- Explain what personal information is and which Canadian or Alberta law usually covers an organization
- Describe the roles of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the OIPC Alberta
- Write an access request and know the usual response time and the steps for a complaint
- Review app permissions, location, advertising and account settings in a thirty-minute audit
- Reduce tracking and unwanted calls and email using cookie controls, the National Do Not Call List and CASL unsubscribe rules
- Follow a first-day checklist after a breach and know where to report fraud
Who it is for
Adults in Alberta and across Canada who want to understand and protect their own personal information, and people starting out in IT, office or cybersecurity work who will handle other people's data. No technical background is needed.
What you need
- A computer or phone with an internet connection
- A phone or online account to review for the privacy audit in lesson 3 (optional but helpful)
- About 60 minutes in total, which you can split across several days
Lessons
- 1Privacy law in Canada and Alberta: who protects what12 min
- 2Consent and your rights, including access requests12 min
- 3Privacy settings on your phone, browser and accounts12 min
- 4Tracking, data brokers and unwanted contact12 min
- 5Data breaches, fraud and privacy at work12 min
- ✓Online Privacy Basics for Canadians: final quizfinal quiz
Where this course can lead
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Yes. You create a free Ucademy account, take the five lessons and the quiz, and pay nothing.
Yes. When you finish the lessons and the quiz you receive a certificate of completion from Ucademy. The course is not part of a diploma or certificate program.
About 60 minutes in total. The course is online and self-paced, so you can split it across several days.
No. The lessons use plain language and explain every term. Basic comfort using a phone or a web browser is enough.
Yes. Lesson 1 explains how PIPEDA and Alberta's PIPA fit together and which commissioner oversees which organizations. It is general information, not legal advice.
No. It is a free short course, not part of a Ucademy diploma or certificate program, and it does not give program credit.
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