Protection of Privacy and Personal Information: A Comparative Study between Iranian Law and Canadian Law

The right to protection of privacy and personal information is one of the rights and freedoms that its aim is to protect the rights of individuals and respect to fundamental human rights. Identification the right to privacy and personal information and protecting it in law and determining the legal and criminal sanction, especially considering that this area is full of many problems can be challenging. The purpose of this article is to examine the protection of privacy and personal information and for understanding the laws in this area better; a comparative study has been conducted. The question of this article is what is the legal framework for the protection of privacy and personal information in Iranian and Canadian law? And Has Iranian law developed in line with other countries? In This research has studied the relevant sources and collected information by descriptive-analytical method After examining the concept of privacy, the protection of privacy and personal information in Canadian and Iranian law will be examined in detail, and finally it will be stated that a comprehensive and unified law is required in Iranian law. It is worthy, as progresses that accrue on this issue in other countries law in recent years, a single and comprehensive law should be formulated in Iranian law and legal gaps in this issue should be eliminated.