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Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act
New Brunswick, Canada statute From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (French: Loi sur le droit à l'information et la protection de la vie privée RTIPPA) is an act of the New Brunswick Legislature in the Canadian province of New Brunswick that is both an access-to-information statute and an information-privacy statute.
It enables the right-of-access to records held by public agencies in the province and governs the handling of personal information by public bodies.[1]
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Provisions
The legislation is considered one of the weakest regimes in Canada.[2]
The legislation has been used to access complaints made by members of the public.[3]
The legislation allows the information commissioner to issue reports regarding the compliance by crown corporations.[4]
Implementation
Democracy Watch has criticised the legislation for being "weak" and fines for breaking the law being "low".[5] According to Anne Bertrand, the province had become more "open" over her tenure as commissioner.[6]
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