Information & Ethics committee  Yes. Every department has a directorate that handles access and personal information protection issues with a full-time team. For example, at Health Canada, approximately 40 persons work in access and personal information protection. We deal with those professionals a lot.

Information & Ethics committee  In an average year, they will represent about 50% of our complaints.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  To add to what Ms. Stoddart just said, let's consider, for example, the collection of genetic fingerprints for criminal investigation purposes, in other words the genetic data base for identifying criminals. The DNA sample as such would not be covered by the act, whereas the prof

Information & Ethics committee  No, because the act doesn't allow that. There is an act that concerns that data base. However, we've had cases involving the recording of voices and the non-recording of voices. If we had a camera that didn't record, it wouldn't be currently subject to the act.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you. There is indeed a very detailed policy, including an analytical grid and a series of questions that the manager must consider in analyzing the privacy impact of a policy or program. It's an extremely exhaustive policy. We've taken the 10 founding principles of the Per

Information & Ethics committee  The grid exists under a Treasury Board policy adopted in 2002. The act makes no reference to impact studies. That is why we propose to entrench an obligation to conduct such studies in the act.

Information & Ethics committee  That's correct. New Zealand is one of the countries that has the most significant experience in privacy impact studies. Its policy is extremely well developed. We very recently met with senators from the United Kingdom. We talked about evaluating privacy factors, and we sensed ge

Information & Ethics committee  That's correct.

Information & Ethics committee  That actually happened in one case. I don't exactly remember the file. Information had been collected and the collection of one piece of information was questioned. The department ultimately reconsidered the entire matter and decided not to compile that information because it was

Information & Ethics committee  We think this dialogue is extremely useful because it enables us to get a clearer understanding of the program or policy in question and you have a dialogue that makes it possible to prevent privacy risks rather than correct the situation after the fact.

Information & Ethics committee  No, it exists for the public sector.

Information & Ethics committee  It's only for the public sector.

Information & Ethics committee  These are the principles.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. We believe the annual reporting requirements of government departments should be strengthened. We reviewed section 72 reports for a sample of departments, and the information at best is sketchy, uneven, and completely decontextualized. Even the minimal requirements of the Tr