Difference between revisions of "Privacy or Access to Information for Public Complaints (5:IV)"

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 '''NOTE:''' If you are seeking to obtain information about an individual person, see section IV.D.2 on the application of the ''Privacy Act''.
-Certain classes of information are exempt from the ''Act''. These include confidential inter-governmental communications, information pertaining to law enforcement and investigations, trade secrets, personal information, and generally anything likely to be harmful to Canada’s security interest.
+Certain classes of information are exempt from the ''Act''. These include confidential inter-governmental communications, information pertaining to law enforcement and investigations, trade secrets, personal information, and generally anything likely to be harmful to Canada’s national security interest.
 On June 21, 2019, an Act to amend the ''Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act'' received Royal Assent. Under the amended ''Act'', a federal institution may decline to act on a request to access to a record for various reasons if approved by the Information Commissioner. In addition to this change, the amended Act clarifies the power of the Information Commissioner regarding the authority to refuse or cease to investigate and to examine disclosure subjected to solicitor-client privilege or professional secrecy