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 === 2. Privacy Act ===
-If an individual wants to obtain information relating to themselves, they should make an application under the federal ''Privacy Act'', and should  make their application directly to the agency that has the information. The ''Privacy Act'', RSC 1985, c P-21, sets out the conditions under  which a government institution may collect, maintain, and use personal information about individuals. The Act requires that:
+If an individual wants to obtain information relating to themselves, they should make an application under the federal ''Privacy Act'', and should  make their application directly to the agency that has the information.
+The ''Privacy Act'', RSC 1985, c P-21, sets out the conditions under  which a government institution may collect, maintain, and use personal information about individuals. The ''Act'' requires that:
 *the information collected must relate directly to an operating program or activity of the institution (s 4);
 *information used in a decision-making process that directly affects the individual should be, wherever possible, collected directly from the individual to whom it relates, or with their consent,  and  the  institution  shall  inform  the  individual  of  the  purpose  for which the information is being collected (s 5);