Privacy Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. P-21)

Marginal note:Personal information obtained in confidence

• 19 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the head of a government institution shall refuse to disclose any personal information requested under subsection 12(1) that was obtained in confidence from

  • (a) the government of a foreign state or an institution thereof;

  • (b) an international organization of states or an institution thereof;

  • (c) the government of a province or an institution thereof;

  • (d) a municipal or regional government established by or pursuant to an Act of the legislature of a province or an institution of such a government;

  • (e) the council, as defined in the Westbank First Nation Self-Government Agreement given effect by the Westbank First Nation Self-Government Act;

  • (e.1) the Whitecap Dakota Government, as defined in section 2 of the Self-Government Treaty Recognizing the Whitecap Dakota Nation / Wapaha Ska Dakota Oyate Act;

  • (f) the council of a participating First Nation as defined in subsection 2(1) of the First Nations Jurisdiction over Education in British Columbia Act; or

  • (g) a First Nation Government or the Anishinabek Nation Government, as defined in section 2 of the Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement Act, or an Anishinaabe Institution, within the meaning of section 1.1 of the Agreement, as defined in section 2 of that Act.

• Marginal note:Where disclosure authorized

  (2) The head of a government institution may disclose any personal information requested under subsection 12(1) that was obtained from any government, organization or institution described in subsection (1) if the government, organization or institution from which the information was obtained

  • (a) consents to the disclosure; or

  • (b) makes the information public.