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

Useful Links

Canada:

• Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia (OIPC)
• Privacy Commissioner of Canada
• Federal Privacy Legislation
• 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 Tourism, Sport and the Arts
  • Ministry of Health
  • Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services
  • 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

• Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia Reports:
  • Citizen's Guide to Effective Resolution of Disputes about Personal Information (PDF 199KB)
  • How to file a complaint with an Organization (PDF 212KB)
  • How to file a complaint with the OIPC (PDF 226KB)
  • Guide to OIPC Processes (PDF 231KB)
• Annual Reports of the Information Commissioner of Canada
• Report of the Special Committee on Information Privacy in the Private Sector
• CRTS statistical trend lines of FOI access requests received by ministries