Difference between revisions of "Know Your Rights (Legal Information for Indigenous People)"

* View TRAC's ''Tenant Survival Guide'' at https://wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php/Tenant_Survival_Guide

Freedom of Information laws give you the right to access general records and personal information held by government institutions, both federal and provincial. You can request personal information about yourself and about children under 18 (or 19 for provincial government requests) that you are responsible for.

There are two federal laws under which you can make requests for information. “'''''The Access to Information Act''''' gives Canadian citizens, permanent residents and any person or corporation present in Canada a right to access records of government institutions that are subject to the Act… to make government information publicly available. … The '''''Privacy Act''''' gives Canadian citizens, permanent residents and individuals present in Canada the right to access their personal information held by government institutions that are subject to the Act...” - Government of Canada website

* By mail: complete an Access to Information Request form or Personal Information Request form and send it to the Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) coordinator for the government body that holds the information you want. The forms and list of all ATIP coordinators, including their phone numbers, are at http://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/tbsf-fsct/ 350-57-eng.asp and http://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/tbsf-fsct/350-58-eng.ASP

BC’s '''''Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act'' (FOIPPA)''' gives you access to records that BC government ministries or agencies hold and to personal information about you or dependents under 19.