Privacy Act (Canada)

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The Privacy Act (Canada) is a federal law that governs how Canadian government institutions collect, use, and disclose personal information about individuals.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Privacy Act (Canada) canonical 6
Privacy Act 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian federal statute ⓘ
privacy law ⓘ
administeredBy Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada ⓘ
allows individuals to file complaints with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada ⓘ
the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to conduct audits of federal institutions ⓘ
the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to investigate complaints ⓘ
appliesTo federal Crown corporations listed in the Privacy Act ⓘ
federal agencies ⓘ
federal departments ⓘ
federal government institutions ⓘ
basisIn Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms section 8 (protection against unreasonable search and seizure) (contextual relationship) ⓘ
citationStyle R.S.C., 1985, c. P-21 ⓘ
complements Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act ⓘ
contains exemptions to access rights for reasons such as national security and law enforcement ⓘ
provisions on disclosure of personal information without consent in specified circumstances ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo private sector organizations in Canada ⓘ
enforcedBy Privacy Commissioner of Canada ⓘ
establishes rules for disclosure of personal information between federal institutions ⓘ
rules for disclosure of personal information to foreign states and international organizations ⓘ
governs collection of personal information by federal institutions ⓘ
disclosure of personal information by federal institutions ⓘ
use of personal information by federal institutions ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of Canada ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalArea information privacy ⓘ
public sector data protection ⓘ
objective to balance the privacy rights of individuals with the legitimate information needs of government ⓘ
originallyEnactedBy Parliament of Canada ⓘ
protects personal information about individuals ⓘ
privacy rights of individuals in their dealings with federal institutions ⓘ
provides right of access to personal information held by federal institutions ⓘ
right to request correction of personal information held by federal institutions ⓘ
relatedTo Access to Information Act (Canada) ⓘ
requires federal institutions to dispose of personal information securely when no longer required ⓘ
federal institutions to inform individuals of the purpose of collection of personal information ⓘ
federal institutions to limit collection of personal information to what is directly related to their operating programs or activities ⓘ
federal institutions to protect personal information with appropriate security safeguards ⓘ
federal institutions to retain personal information long enough for individuals to exercise their right of access ⓘ
federal institutions to use personal information only for the purpose for which it was collected or a consistent purpose ⓘ
scope personal information held by federal public sector institutions ⓘ
subjectOf oversight by Parliament of Canada ⓘ
typeOf public sector privacy legislation ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canada Revenue Agency → follows → Privacy Act (Canada) ⓘ
Access to Information Act (Canada) → relatedTo → Privacy Act (Canada) ⓘ
Privacy Commissioner of Canada → oversees → Privacy Act ⓘ
linked to: Privacy Act (Canada)
Privacy Commissioner of Canada → legalBasis → Privacy Act ⓘ
linked to: Privacy Act (Canada)
Access to Information Act → relatedTo → Privacy Act (Canada) ⓘ
subject linked to: ATIA