Review of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act /

Section 3 of the ATIPPA provides that the purpose of the Act is to make public bodies more accountable to the public and to protect personal information by: • Giving individuals a right of access to records; • Giving individuals a right of access to, and a right to request correction of, personal information about themselves; • Specifying limited exceptions to the right of access to information; R [...] The Information and Privacy Commissioner (the Commissioner) is an independent Officer of the House of Assembly, whose general powers and duties pursuant to section 51 include: • Making recommendations to ensure compliance with the Act and regulations; • Informing the public about the Act; • Receiving comments from the public about the administration of the Act; • Commenting on the implications for [...] Review of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act 20 January 2011 Integration of the ATIPPA into Public Body Operations I would like to take this opportunity to emphasize that while the concerns raised below by public bodies are legitimate, one must not lose sight of the purpose of the Act set out in section 3. The ATIPPA guarantees the public a right of access to all government in [...] Submissions & Consultations In its written submission, the Department of Justice requests amendments to the ATIPPA to clarify the current state of the law, as described by Justice Fowler: specifically that the Commissioner cannot compel the production of the classes of records described in section 5. The Department submits that it may not be necessary to exclude all the record types described in s [...] In Alberta and Prince Edward Island, the legislation allows a public body to disregard a request Review of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act 34 January 2011 where the request amounts to an abuse of the right of access because of the repetitive or systematic nature of the request.