QuestionQ13

Canadian Privacy Laws and Practices in the Public Sector

Under which circumstance may a request to access an individual’s personal information be refused under the Privacy Act?

Explanation

Under subsection 22(2) of Canada’s Privacy Act, access must be refused for personal information obtained or prepared by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police while providing policing services to a province or municipality when Canada has agreed, at that province’s or municipality’s request, not to disclose it. The law-enforcement exemption for investigative information is limited to information created less than 20 years before the access request.

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