The Act on this web site is current to within two business days of any recent amendments (additional information).

Contents

  1. Definitions
  2. Standards as to what is reasonable

Part 1: Purpose and Application

  3. Purpose
  4. Application

Part 2: Protection of Personal Information

Division 1: Compliance and Policies

  5. Compliance with the Act
  6. Policies and practices

Division 2: Consent

  7. Consent required
  8. Form of consent
  9. Withdrawal or variation of consent
10. Consent by deception, etc.

Division 3: Collection of Personal Information

11. Limitations on collection
12. Limitation on sources for collection
13. Notification required for collection
14. Collection without consent
15. Collection of personal employee information

Division 4: Use of Personal Information

16. Limitations on use
17. Use without consent
18. Use of personal employee information

Division 5: Disclosure of Personal Information

19. Limitations on disclosure
20. Disclosure without consent
21. Disclosure of personal employee information

Division 6: Business Transactions

22. Disclosure respecting acquisition of a business, etc.

Part 3: Access to and Correction and Care of Personal Information

Division 1: Access and Correction

23. Definitions
24. Access
25. Right to request correction
26. How to make a request
27. Duty to assist
28. Time limit for responding
29. Contents of response
30. How access will be given
31. Extending the time limit for responding
32. Fees

Division 2: Care of Personal Information

33. Accuracy of information
34. Protection of information
35. Retention of information

Part 4: Role of Commissioner

36. General powers of Commissioner
37. Power to authorize an organization to disregard requests
38. Powers of Commissioner re investigations or inquiries
39. Statements not admissible in evidence
40. Privileged information
41. Restrictions on disclosure of information
42. Protection of Commissioner and staff
43. Delegation by the Commissioner
43.1 Extra provincial commissioner
44. Annual report of Commissioner

Part 5: Reviews and Orders

45. Definition
46. Right to ask for a review or initiate a complaint
47. How to ask for a review or initiate a complaint
48. Notifying others of review or complaint
49. Mediation
50. Inquiry by Commissioner
51. Burden of proof
52. Commissioner´s orders
53. No appeal
54. Duty to comply with orders

Part 6: Professional Regulatory and Non-profit Organizations

55. Professional regulatory organizations
56. Non-profit organizations

Part 7: General Provisions

57. Protection of organization from legal actions
58. Protection of employee
59. Offences and penalties
60. Damages for breach of this Act
61. Exercise of rights by other persons
62. General regulations
63. Review of Act

Introduction

Statutes of Alberta 2003, Chapter P-6.5, with amendments in force.

• The Personal Information Protection Act provided on this web site is maintained by the Access and Privacy Branch of Service Alberta and is not official. The official Statutes and Regulations, available from the Alberta Queen's Printer, should be consulted for all purposes of interpreting and applying the law.
  
  
• The Act incorporates all amendments to date, including:

• amendments to sections 4(3)((f), 4(3)(m), 4(3)(n), 56(1)(a)(v), 63(1) and the addition of sections 43.1 and 61(1)(d)(ii), (iii) made by the Personal Information Protection Amendment Act, 2005, S.A. 2005, Chapter 29.

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