Findings under the Privacy Act

2005-2006 | 2004-2005 | 2003-2004 | 2002-2003 | 2001-2002

Summaries from our Annual Report to Parliament 2002-2003

• CIC was collecting income tax information from Canadian employers
• CCRA collected medical information for tax purposes
• Inadvertent disclosure of sensitive medical information by ATIP
• Disclosure of criminal past to offender's family members
• Even a public record should be protected
• Unauthorized disclosure of a SIN
• Statistics Canada census taker not responsible for disclosing personal information to banks
• Time Limit Complaints
• Transmittal of information by fax
• Processing original files versus photocopies

Definitions under the Privacy Act