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Canada
Privacy Act
Protection of Personal Information
s 8
(7)
(g)

Privacy Act

In forceThis text since 1 Apr 2018law://ca/rsc/1985/p-21/sec_8__subsec_7__para_g@2026-11-10

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Contents

(1) Personal information under the control of a government ins…
(2) Where personal information may be disclosed
(3) Personal information disclosed by Library and Archives of Canada
(4) Copies of requests under paragraph (2)(e) to be retained
(5) Notice of disclosure under paragraph (2)(m)
(6) Definition of Indian band
(7) Definition of aboriginal government
(8) Definition of council of the Westbank First Nation

Contents

(1) Personal information under the control of a government ins…
(2) Where personal information may be disclosed
(3) Personal information disclosed by Library and Archives of Canada
(4) Copies of requests under paragraph (2)(e) to be retained
(5) Notice of disclosure under paragraph (2)(m)
(6) Definition of Indian band
(7) Definition of aboriginal government
(8) Definition of council of the Westbank First Nation

(g)a Maanulth Government, within the meaning of subsection 2(2) of the Maanulth First Nations Final Agreement Act;

Federal laws of Canada reproduced under the Reproduction of Federal Law Order (SI/97-5); not the official version. Source: Justice Laws Website.

Key facts

Type: Act · R.S.C. 1985, c. P-21
Enacted: 13 Dec 2018
Last amended: 2 Jun 2025
Text current to: 20 Oct 2026
Official: Justice Laws Website

History · 1 version

1 Apr 2018Reading

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Implemented by 11: Privacy Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation Order; Privacy Act Extension Order, No. 3; Exempt Personal Information Bank Order, No. 25 (RCMP); Exempt Personal Information Bank Order, No. 14 (CSIS); Exempt Personal Information Bank Order, No. 13 (RCMP); Privacy Act Extension Order, No. 2; Exempt Personal Information Bank Order, No. 5 (ND); Privacy Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation Order; Privacy Act Extension Order No. 1; Designating the Minister of Justice and the President of the Treasury Board as Ministers for Purposes of Certain Sections of the Act; Privacy Regulations
Cited by 15: Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Regulations2 provisions; Critical Cyber Systems Protection Act4 provisions; Privacy Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation Order2 provisions; Public Complaints and Review Commission Act; Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act; By-laws of the College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents; Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management Act; Privacy Act Extension Order, No. 32 provisions; Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Accessibility Reporting Regulations2 provisions; Department of Indigenous Services Act2 provisions; Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Act2 provisions; Communications Security Establishment Act2 provisions; Accessible Canada Act; National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Act; National Security Act, 2017
Cites 1: Maanulth First Nations Final Agreement Act

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s Privy Council for Canada who presides over the department or ministry, or(b)in any other case, either the person designated under subsection 3.1(2) to be the head of the institution for the purposes of this Act or, if no such person is designated, the chief executive officer of the institution, whatever their title; (responsable d’institution fédérale)
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