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This Act gives Canadian citizens, permanent residents and any individual present or corporation in Canada the right to access any record under the control of a federal government institution. | This Act gives Canadian citizens, permanent residents and any individual present or corporation in Canada the right to access any record under the control of a federal government institution. | ||
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 national 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. |