Privacy and Freedom of Information (FOI) - Reports and Useful Links

Canada:

• Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia (OIPC)



• Privacy Commissioner of Canada



• Federal Privacy Legislation



• Federal Access to Information



• Information and Privacy in Other Provinces:
  • Alberta
  • Saskatchewan
  • Manitoba
  • Ontario
  • Quebec
  • New Brunswick
  • Nova Scotia
  • P.E.I.
  • Newfoundland



• Ministry Information and Privacy Web Sites:
  • Ministry of Health
  • Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
  
  
  
• Canadian Standards Association Model Privacy Code




• Uniform Law Conference of Canada - Data Protection in the Private Sector - 1997

International:

• European Data Protection Directive



• OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data



• Electronic Privacy Information Centre



• Online Network of Freedom of Information Advocates



• World Privacy Index



• International Information and Privacy Sites




• International Listing of FOIPP Laws

Reports:

• January 2010 Privacy Breach Reports
  • Jan 29, 2010 letter from Deputy Minister to the Premier and Cabinet Secretary Allan Seckel to Citizens’ Services Minister Ben Stewart 
  • Privacy Breach Human Resources Review - Ministry of Housing and Social Development & Children and Family Development, BC Public Service Agency
  • Internal Review - Privacy Breach - Ministry of Housing and Social Development & Children and Family Development.  To Review Government's implementation response to the recommendations contained in this report, please see our new Working Outside the Workplace Policy and Information Incident Management Process.
  • Internal Review - Interim Report: Privacy Breach - Ministry of Housing and Social Development



• Investigation Report 2006-048  -  Loss of custody of 41 computer data tapes containing personal and sensitive information, March 24, 2006:
  • Final report (PDF 128KB)
  • Investigation Report (PDF 63KB)
  • Appendix B - Affidavit (PDF 12KB)
  • Appendix C - Tape Sensitivity Levels (PDF 42KB)
  • Appendix D - Disposal of Computers Form (PDF 19KB)



• Annual Reports of the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia



• Annual Reports of the Information Commissioner of Canada



• Reports of the Special Committees to review the FOIPP Act and PIPA



• CRTS statistical trend lines of FOI access requests received by ministries