BILL NO. 21
(as introduced)
2nd Session, 63rd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
67 Elizabeth II, 2018
Private Member's Bill
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
(amended)
The Honourable Chris d'Entremont
Argyle–Barrington
First Reading: September 11, 2018
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
This Bill requires a public body to notify every individual or group whose personal information has been compromised if there is a real risk of significant harm.
An Act to Amend Chapter 5
of the Acts of 1993,
the Freedom of Information
and Protection of Privacy Act,
Respecting Compromised Personal Information
1 Chapter 5 of the Acts of 1993, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 31 the following Section:
- 31A A public body shall notify as soon as is practicable every individual or group of individuals whose personal information controlled or managed by the public body has or may have been compromised if there is a real risk of significant harm to the individual or group of individuals, as the case may be.
This page and its contents published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, Nova Scotia House of Assembly, and © 2018 Crown in right of Nova Scotia. Created September 11, 2018. Send comments to legc.office@novascotia.ca.
