BILL NO. 106
(as introduced)
3rd Session, 63rd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
70 Elizabeth II, 2021
Private Member's Bill
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
(amended)
Kim Masland
Queens–Shelburne
First Reading: April 12, 2021
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
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
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.
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