Privacy Law & Access to Information
Author | John Eaton; Denis Le May |
Profession | Librarian & Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba/Avocat, Barreau du Québec, Conseiller à la documentation en droit (1975?2006) et Chargé de cours, Faculté de droit, Université Laval |
Pages | 85-85 |
PRIVACY LAW & ACCESS TO INFORMATION / ACCÈS À L’INFORMATION85
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PRIVACY LAW & ACCESS TO INFORMATION
These two topics, which are frequently grouped together, relate to different ends of the informa-
tion availability spectrum. Privacy law deals with the right of individuals to keep information
about themselves private and, in cases where it must be disclosed to certain parties, the obliga-
tions on second parties to ensure that the information is not disclosed unnecessarily to third par-
ties. Access to information, on the other hand, refers to the rights of citizens and organizations
to see information created and held by the various levels of government in the process of gov-
erning. Both the federal and provincial levels of government are subject to access to information
legislation and most provinces have statutes protecting the privacy rights of its citizens. Related
topics: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, HEALTH LAW, HUMAN RESOURCES LAW.
ACCÈS À L’INFORMATION
Ce domaine comporte deux principales dimensions : l’accès à un document détenu par un
organisme et l’accès du citoyen à des informations le concernant, détenues par un organisme
public ou une entreprise privée. La protection de la vie privée est couverte par le Code Civil du
Québec. Le fédéral et le Québec ont tous deux légiféré. Le droit de l’information proprement dit
(radio, télévision, etc.) est traité sous COMMUNICATIONS (DROIT DES).
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