{"id":309103,"date":"2025-11-21T16:41:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/legal\/nova-scotias-new-freedom-of-information-and-protection-of-privacy-act-bill-150\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T16:41:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:41:49","slug":"nova-scotias-new-freedom-of-information-and-protection-of-privacy-act-bill-150","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=309103","title":{"rendered":"Nova Scotia&#8217;s new Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Bill 150)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-6476166145372035976\">\n<p><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nova Scotia&#039;s new Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Bill 150)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3v2F9u3IRlo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><iframe allowtransparency=\"true\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" height=\"150\" loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=cipm6-19ba45d-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;font-color=auto&amp;logo_link=episode_page&amp;btn-skin=7\" style=\"border: none; height: 150px; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" title=\"Nova Scotia\u2019s new Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Bill 150)\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiXd7dw6HCoww0tRRKTBTBfw0YzAqD6w4bIqbdyGddY_8PS9rBYzojA4upmHMBRPD6o6c1GydJKNHS9o8BT06W2B5ZN0HqAB72FrdaKMxLML_-BUuwvWsIo_obLeykPC-05gbbf_4q2qyMdkk7WsgfPOJyZFeVwx9aLWBd3SUM4qjdWAWB0ev80mw\/s3300\/freedom%20of%20information%20and%20protection%20of%20privacy%20(2027)_1.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3300\" data-original-width=\"2550\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiXd7dw6HCoww0tRRKTBTBfw0YzAqD6w4bIqbdyGddY_8PS9rBYzojA4upmHMBRPD6o6c1GydJKNHS9o8BT06W2B5ZN0HqAB72FrdaKMxLML_-BUuwvWsIo_obLeykPC-05gbbf_4q2qyMdkk7WsgfPOJyZFeVwx9aLWBd3SUM4qjdWAWB0ev80mw\/s320\/freedom%20of%20information%20and%20protection%20of%20privacy%20(2027)_1.jpg\" width=\"247\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">In just the past month, kind of unexpectedly, the Nova Scotia government introduced and passed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/ns\/laws\/astat\/sns-2025-c-13\/latest\/sns-2025-c-13.html\" target=\"_blank\">new public sector privacy and access to information law that completely replaces the existing Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act<\/a> (known here as \u201cFOIPOP&#8221;) with a new law that will come into effect in April of 2027.<\/span><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-15cf55f8-7fff-e72e-047e-71c943e5c49d\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">This isn\u2019t completely out of the blue because the Nova Scotia government has been \u201creviewing\u201d FOIPOP since 2022, but unlike in most provinces it has been \u201cbehind the scenes\u201d. Unlike other provinces, which have public consultations, Nova Scotia\u2019s consultation on transparency was behind closed doors. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhPQfTgT-ubWhg9Qk4ucAYR0QKJYn0E_Dmvj52Ow8lH_vT3EKaKPBmF5e_4bQ-GJJifvu82h8122oW36bB-F9XGn92xuw2t_5azgz6v3-MWgyLYd2p6OX5bcWJMwBKJLPUi1G28LsSP6aZhDWTgrVkt9fcPHpc4NwQXhjkjLV2zw8LCrZnZNbpHKg\/s3300\/Letter%20from%20Minister%20Johns.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3300\" data-original-width=\"2550\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhPQfTgT-ubWhg9Qk4ucAYR0QKJYn0E_Dmvj52Ow8lH_vT3EKaKPBmF5e_4bQ-GJJifvu82h8122oW36bB-F9XGn92xuw2t_5azgz6v3-MWgyLYd2p6OX5bcWJMwBKJLPUi1G28LsSP6aZhDWTgrVkt9fcPHpc4NwQXhjkjLV2zw8LCrZnZNbpHKg\/w247-h320\/Letter%20from%20Minister%20Johns.jpg\" width=\"247\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I wrote to the then Minister of Justice seeking to participate on behalf of the Nova Scotia branch of the Canadian Bar Association\u2019s Privacy And Access Law Section. The CBA was never invited to chat. I wonder who else commented. We were told that the results of this review would be made public, but they never were. All we got was Bill 150, dropped in the legislature on September 26 and passed on October 3. There was no real opportunity given for privacy and access to information experts to appear in committee with their comments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">In this episode, I\u2019m going to do a relatively high-level overview of what\u2019s changing with the new FOIPOP that will come into effect in 2027. There\u2019s some good, some bad and some changes that I\u2019m indifferent to. I hope I can provide a relatively unbiased view of it, given that I do legal work for applicants who are seeking access to records, for public bodies who have to comply with the law and third parties whose records held by public bodies are sometimes the subject of access requests.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">There\u2019s a big change to the purposes clause of the law. The original FOIPOP was relatively unique among access to information laws in Canada in that it clearly had as its intent full transparency, accountability and access \u2013 as fundamental to how democracy should work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">The purpose clause in the current act includes:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">2. <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"text-wrap-mode: nowrap;\">\t<\/span><\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">The purpose of this Act is \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">(b) to provide for the disclosure of all government information with necessary exemptions, that are limited and specific, in order to<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">(i) facilitate informed public participation in policy formulation,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">(ii) ensure fairness in government decision-making,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">(iii) permit the airing and reconciliation of divergent views;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">That part is gone. Just removed. The leader of the opposition made a motion to have it returned, but the motion was defeated.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhpLXmq8lKiIenaDHfAwqYOnAnNgw5TWSYLY_wuEBqWVzmaLpwH4IjH3T6YSGccwYX4dGxwRVAhCKPx_QuJBPhA7CuctH7Qbe3UxwwYjw7fI_eqkW-l8XnYr9v0-YVVIHlQqqvUJZ_4l9Dc-OQGjsMukqKNRiWqShqs6DldIsHx_85PXSzDYS3MYw\/s3680\/20251002-NDP-150-001.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3680\" data-original-width=\"2656\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhpLXmq8lKiIenaDHfAwqYOnAnNgw5TWSYLY_wuEBqWVzmaLpwH4IjH3T6YSGccwYX4dGxwRVAhCKPx_QuJBPhA7CuctH7Qbe3UxwwYjw7fI_eqkW-l8XnYr9v0-YVVIHlQqqvUJZ_4l9Dc-OQGjsMukqKNRiWqShqs6DldIsHx_85PXSzDYS3MYw\/s320\/20251002-NDP-150-001.jpg\" width=\"231\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">That\u2019s too bad. The purpose clause is important in how regulators and courts approach the law, and future governments will be able to say it was removed for a reason and that should influence how it is interpreted. That\u2019s a real step backward.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">As I said, the new Act fully repeals and replaces the earlier statute. It restructures the entire Act into clear <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Parts<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> (e.g., Part I \u2013 Freedom of Information; Part II \u2013 Protection of Privacy; Part III \u2013 Reviews and Appeals; Part IV &#8211; Information and Privacy Commissioner), and has a number of <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">standardized definitions for <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">consistent terminology (like \u201caccess request,\u201d \u201ccorrection request,\u201d etc.), and procedural timelines are now measured in <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">business days<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> rather than calendar days. This will draw out access requests. Previously, the public body had thirty days; now it\u2019s thirty business days. That\u2019s thirty five percent longer. Easier on the public body, to be sure, but it will mean it takes longer to get requested information from public bodies.<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">An important change in the new FOIPOP is that it will include municipalities. The Commissioner&#8217;s jurisdiction is significantly expanded through the consolidation of provincial and municipal regulation. Specifically, the new Act repeals <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Part XX of the <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Municipal Government Act<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> and integrates municipalities and municipal bodies into the general FOIPOP framework. Part XX of the MGA was generally a mirror of FOIPOP, but with some significant differences. Bringing municipalities into FOIPOP means the Commissioner now has explicit and uniform jurisdiction to conduct reviews and investigations involving municipal units. The Review Officer&#8217;s previous roles in handling appeals related to access and correction requests are maintained, but the new Act formalizes two new categories of complaint investigation called <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Privacy Reviews<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">. These reviews can be initiated by individuals who believe their personal information was collected, used, or disclosed in contravention of the Act, or proactively by the Commissioner if there are reasonable grounds to suspect a contravention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">One of the most important changes is that the former \u201creview officer\u201d is now the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Nova Scotia, and will be an officer of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. While still appointed by the Governor-in-Council, this position is much more independent of government than under the present Act. A big miss, at least as far as critics are concerned, is that the Commissioner does not have the ability to issue binding orders on public bodies. That position still just issues recommendations, and it\u2019s up to applicants to go to court to get orders.<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">The 2027 Act introduces or revises numerous definitions, including <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u201cPersonal information\u201d<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> which now explicitly includes <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">IP addresses, biometric data, and genetic characteristics<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">, while excluding <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">business contact information<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">In the part of the Act related to the right of access to public body records, changes clarify that the <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">right of access extends to <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">records in custody or control<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> of a public body, but <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">not to duplicates or exact copies<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">. It says that part of a record that can be withheld and can be reasonably severed, access must be provided to the remainder of the record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Not surprisingly, the amendments made earlier this year related to frivolous, vexatious and unduly repetitive requests have been continued in the new FOIPOP. The <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Commissioner<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> must approve a request from a public body to disregard a request, with defined criteria and 14-business-day timelines for both application and decision. It does provide applicants with a right to <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">appeal to the Supreme Court<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> of Nova Scotia if their request is disregarded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Almost all the timelines in FOIPOP have been extended. All procedural periods are now in <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">business days<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> (such as giving a public body 30 business days to respond to an access request). It also introduces an\u00a0 explicit <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">suspension of time calculations<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> while fees are being negotiated or reviews are underway (s. 20).<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">The government gets to set a standard application fee<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> pursuant to the regulations, and also sets\u00a0 service-based fees but exempts requests for one\u2019s <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">own personal information<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> and provides 3 free hours of work time. Public bodies can charge additional fees if the request will take more than three hours. When presented with a <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">fee estimate,<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> applicants may <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">narrow their requests<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> accordingly. Once the request is being processed, a public body can provide a \u201crevised fee estimate\u201d that the applicant can either accept or revise their request. Fee estimates and revised fee estimates can be referred to the Commissioner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">There remains a possibility for fee waivers where disclosure serves a <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">public interest<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> (e.g., environment, public health, or safety), or if the applicant can\u2019t afford to pay the fee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">One thing that is interesting and progressive: The new FOIPOP specifically says that <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">public bodies must provide electronic records in \u201can electronic form that is capable of re-use\u201d. This is positive. If the record is an Excel spreadsheet, the spreadsheet itself should be provided and not just a photocopy of the spreadsheet. (There are few things as useless and opaque as a print-out of an excel spreadsheet full of formulas.)<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">There are a number of changes that will restrict public and journalistic access to records. The first is an expansion of the definition of \u201clegal privilege\u201d to specifically include settlement privilege. And at section 86(2), the Information and Privacy Commissioner will not be able to inspect a record that is alleged to be privileged to determine if it actually is privileged. Only the Court can do that, and the process to get there can be set out in the regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">The second major restriction on the right to know is essentially excluding any right of access to any record that is defined as an \u201cExecutive Council record\u201d, going well beyond what was traditionally \u201ccabinet confidences.\u201d To make it worse, in section 32(2), a head of a public body is prohibited from disclosing Executive Council records. There\u2019s no discretion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">The new Act expands the privacy sections substantially and in a good way, but most of the details will have to wait until we get to see the regulations. <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Every public body will have to have a privacy policy and has to publicly disclose its internal privacy-complaint process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Once the Act comes into effect, every public body will have to carry out a privacy assessment for any new or substantially changed \u201cproject, program, system or other activity involving the collection, use or disclosure of personal information\u201d. The details for what must be in a privacy assessment will be determined in regulations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">The new Act defines \u201cData-linking\u201d programs<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> \u2013 where two or more data sets are combined, either temporarily or permanently, and requires them to be carried out only in accordance with the yet to be seen regulations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">There are some tweaks to the rules that permit a public body to collect, use or disclose personal information. These public sector privacy laws are generally not based on consent so these rules set the guardrails for public bodies. There are new rules related to inter-agency data sharing, research, and public-interest exceptions.<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">There\u2019s a new explicit authorization for disclosure to protect individuals from <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">intimate-partner violence<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> or <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">human trafficking<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">.<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">The new Act <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">introduces obligations to <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">contain, assess, and notify<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> affected individuals and the Commissioner of <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">privacy breaches<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> that pose a real risk of significant harm \u2014 aligning Nova Scotia with federal PIPEDA and other provincial models.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">There is a weird new provision in s. 79 that authorizes a public body to go to court if \u201cpersonal information in the custody or under the control of a public body has\u00a0 been stolen or has been collected by or disclosed to a third party other than as\u00a0 authorized by this Act\u201d. They can get an order to return or destroy the personal information, or any other order the court considers appropriate to protect the personal information.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjaWv5dvSHPI3zniczRX0App3FHqDXQacxq3BhgE9DtYUT_rHCSNkgJAKE6E18t4LOAui06x9wUqYLfeyP1Mvpo56mxYImwcUr6ezPSwLkLF_iRmecABasIRM4IihgjaO7vNg5D5i7piRMEo5B-prWFGFIaMFbcsj2sIV-9hA134yNqLPUPBgcpUQ\/s1920\/039%20WCAT%20Incident.Still001.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"1920\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjaWv5dvSHPI3zniczRX0App3FHqDXQacxq3BhgE9DtYUT_rHCSNkgJAKE6E18t4LOAui06x9wUqYLfeyP1Mvpo56mxYImwcUr6ezPSwLkLF_iRmecABasIRM4IihgjaO7vNg5D5i7piRMEo5B-prWFGFIaMFbcsj2sIV-9hA134yNqLPUPBgcpUQ\/s320\/039%20WCAT%20Incident.Still001.jpg\" width=\"320\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>If you\u2019ve been reading or watching my stuff, you may recall that in 2020, the Government of Nova Scotia went to court to try to identify people who may have read unredacted Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal decisions that were mistakenly given to the Canadian Legal Information Institute, known as CanLII, and they were posted online. I was one of the people they identified, and I was contacted by the government as part of their damage control.\u00a0 (Here&#8217;s a video I did on that on my YouTube channel: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XETVLvkksj0\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/XETVLvkksj0<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiIKuj697w2RV9zFpYmtyRD7RwoBuXKK272W5q9GcYgWrw0m9iS51azi5gIXLsFnKoL-BqMRqYamIsWBPefPhzjEd-zWxm3gIna6P9lbKGa85W5BnSg0zkcHZVSP1rGWft-4SOXFMDg4yj-wQyjSamDcLCpOLZeJNQKsjLiKcnyAUuEbLGbppKImA\/s1440\/Slide7.PNG\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"1440\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiIKuj697w2RV9zFpYmtyRD7RwoBuXKK272W5q9GcYgWrw0m9iS51azi5gIXLsFnKoL-BqMRqYamIsWBPefPhzjEd-zWxm3gIna6P9lbKGa85W5BnSg0zkcHZVSP1rGWft-4SOXFMDg4yj-wQyjSamDcLCpOLZeJNQKsjLiKcnyAUuEbLGbppKImA\/s320\/Slide7.PNG\" width=\"320\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>There\u2019s also an interesting, quirky new section that essentially says that a public body is deemed to have not \u201ccollected\u201d personal information if it does not relate to a program or activity of the public body, and they either delete it, return it or transfer it to another public body or federal government institution if it\u2019s relevant to the other public body or institution\u2019s programs or activities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Individuals still have a right to access their own information, and public bodies have an obligation to retain any information that has been used to make a decision directly affecting an individual for at least one year so the individual can exercise their access right. And also in such circumstances, the public body has to make every reasonable effort to make sure the information is accurate and complete.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">While the former <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Privacy Review Officer Act<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> existed separately, the new Act integrates and strengthens the <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">privacy review powers<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> directly within the consolidated statute, giving the Commissioner an explicit mandate to conduct <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Privacy Reviews<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">. This authority can be used to investigate complaints that personal information has been improperly collected, used, or disclosed, and allows the Commissioner to <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">proactively initiate an investigation<\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> if they have reasonable grounds to believe a contravention has occurred.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Finally, on the privacy side, the new FOIPOP revokes and replaces the Personal Information International Disclosure Protection Act or PIIDPA. That law generally prohibits a public body from allowing personal information to be stored outside of Canada or to be accessed from outside of Canada, subject to some exceptions. Under the new FOIPOP, a public body will only be allowed to store or permit access from outside of Canada in accordance with specific regulations, which we haven\u2019t seen yet. <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">While the new independent Information and Privacy Commissioner is not granted the ability to issue orders or levy penalties in connection with access, correction or privacy reviews, the Commissioner does have broad powers in connection with carrying out such a review. The Commissioner can summon witnesses and compel records (other than records that are claimed to be privileged). The Commissioner can initiate a privacy review without a complaint or request if the \u201cCommissioner has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has contravened or is about to contravene this Part\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">The Commissioner also has an important role to play in requests that a public body thinks is trivial, frivolous, vexatious or abusive. The public body has to seek the approval of the Commissioner to disregard such requests, which is an important check to prevent the overuse of these new provisions. <\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Individual complainants, exercising access, correction and privacy rights, still have recourse to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. In most cases, that will be following a review by the Information and Privacy Commissioner, but individuals do have the right to skip the Commissioner and go straight to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. Once you\u2019re in the Court, it is what\u2019s called a \u201cde novo\u201d proceeding meaning that the Court will determine the matter from the very beginning. And the court can issue binding orders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi03usqGZBK2pK0OYEkIozHjAnM92jPZamJiqzb0oitb-DvveXUnIL1pylHdGVYK0Lf-FxFZYaUTGcac1LJii-1zWFwTdeTU2ocrnbqUnM3WNyXawtQLoY0m91yIL6gZgrC8TM_Nr3UtipzYdRJ54CDE6Y-nuru1Y3-vioLONLZHcQTqJAUwFcP5Q\/s1440\/Slide10.PNG\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"1440\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi03usqGZBK2pK0OYEkIozHjAnM92jPZamJiqzb0oitb-DvveXUnIL1pylHdGVYK0Lf-FxFZYaUTGcac1LJii-1zWFwTdeTU2ocrnbqUnM3WNyXawtQLoY0m91yIL6gZgrC8TM_Nr3UtipzYdRJ54CDE6Y-nuru1Y3-vioLONLZHcQTqJAUwFcP5Q\/s320\/Slide10.PNG\" width=\"320\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Finally, the new FOIPOP expands the number and kind of offences that can result in charges and prosecution: this includes (a) willfully collecting, using or disclosing personal information in contravention of the Act, (b) willfully attempting to gain access to personal information in violation of the Act, (c) obstructing the Commissioner and (d) destroys, alters or falsifies a record to evade a request for access to records.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">So this represents a significant change to the privacy and access to information landscape in Nova Scotia. It repeals the old Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the Privacy Review Officer Act, the Personal Information International Disclosure Protection Act and Part XX of the Municipal Government Act, replacing all of them with a new Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. As I said, it comes into effect in April 2027.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">This has been a relatively high-level overview of the new Act. Each time I read it, I find something new. I would encourage folks in Nova Scotia who have an interest in access to information and privacy to review the legislation, and let the government know if it raises any concerns. Though the process to get here has been the opposite of transparent, there is an opportunity before April 2027 to amend it before it comes fully into effect.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In just the past month, kind of unexpectedly, the Nova Scotia government introduced and passed a new public sector privacy and access to information law that completely replaces the existing Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (known here as \u201cFOIPOP&#8221;) with a new law that will come into effect in April of 2027. 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