Language selection

OPC Logo Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Search

Investigations into federal institutions

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) conducts investigations into the personal information handling practices of federal government institutions subject to the Privacy Act.

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada is subject to strict confidentiality obligations and can only make findings from investigations under the Privacy Act public in limited circumstances, such as through annual reports or special reports to Parliament.

On this page, you will find a selection of reports and summaries of investigations that have been made public. They demonstrate how the Act applies to the way the federal government collects, uses or discloses personal information.

For each case, the Office indicates the outcome using a set of defined terms for findings and dispositions.

Note: Complainants' names have been removed in the summaries and reports.

Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act

Public Service school called upon to better protect confidentiality

Summaries from our Annual Report to Parliament 2013-2014

Date of findings:
Special Report to Parliament - Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act

Investigation into the loss of a hard drive at Employment and Social Development Canada

Special Report to Parliament

Date of findings:
Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada wrongly collects information from First Nations activist’s personal Facebook page

Summaries from our Annual Report to Parliament 2012-2013

Date of findings:
Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act

Criminal background check on tenant

Summaries from our Annual Report to Parliament 2012-2013

Date of findings:
Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act

Estranged wife accessed husband’s medical records

Summaries from our Annual Report to Parliament 2012-2013

Date of findings:
Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act

Canada Revenue Agency employee accesses tax file without authorization

Summaries from our Annual Report to Parliament 2012-2013

Date of findings:
Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act

National Defence employee accesses someone’s personal health records for her own personal reasons

Date of findings:
Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act

Denial was the starting point for Correctional Service of Canada

Summaries from our Annual Report to Parliament 2012-2013

Date of findings:
Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act

Correctional Service of Canada initially denies access to full report in favour of giving the “gist”

Summaries from our Annual Report to Parliament 2012-2013

Date of findings:
Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act

Royal Canadian Mounted Police revealed absolute discharge

Summaries from our Annual Report to Parliament 2012-2013

Date of findings:

Showing items 81 through 90 of 91.

Filter these results

Search by key word or choose from the filter options below to narrow the results.

Dispositions

Complaint Types

Topics

Date of Findings
Date modified: