This amendment protects the capacity of the Privacy Commissioner to carry out investigations. It prevents the Privacy Commissioner from becoming a back door, if you will, on information that's been obtained from other government institutions that are subject to the Privacy Act, and only allows for the possibility of personal information that was created by the commissioner to be released back to that individual after the investigation is completed. So it would not jeopardize the investigation or any of the ancillary proceedings that may come about as a result of that investigation.
From my perspective, it's a fairly solid protection.