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The Charter of the French language and its regulations govern the consultation of English-language content.

New privacy obligations for businesses

Running a business? Did you know that the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector has been amended in Quebec? See complete information here (in French).

Forms

• Request for document access in Public Bodies (PDF12,4 Ko)
• Request for document access in Public Bodies (DOCX, 21,6 Ko)
• Request for access to personal information in Public Bodies (PDF, 12,6 Ko)
• Request for access to personal information in Public Bodies (DOCX, 21,6 Ko)
• Request for correction of personal information in Public Bodies (PDF, 12,6 Ko)
• Request for correction of personal information in Public Bodies (DOCX, 21,5 Ko)
• Request for access to personal information in Private Enterprises (PDF, 12,6 Ko)
• Request for access to personal information in Private Enterprises (DOCX, 21,6 Ko)
• Request for rectification to personal information in Private Enterprises (PDF, 12,6 Ko)
• Request for rectification to personal information in Private Enterprises (DOCX, 21,7 Ko)
• Request for deletion of personal information from a nominative list in Private Enterprises (PDF, 12,9 Ko)
• Request for deletion of personal information from a nominative list in Private Enterprises (DOCX, 21,6 Ko)
• Application for review or examination of a disagreement form (PDF, 872 Ko)
  • Appendix : Understanding your application for review, Public Bodies (PDF, 56,9 Ko)
  • Appendix : Understanding your application for examination of a disagreement, Private Enterprise (PDF, 45,4 Ko)
• Access to research data :
  • Research Data Access Point for data from RAMQ, MSSS or ISQ, contact ISQ at https://stat.gouv.qc.ca/research/#/accueil
• Confidentiality agreement : Undertaking to protect the privacy of personal information (DOCX, 21,3 Ko)

Lists

• List of concerned public bodies and persons in charge of An act respecting access (PDF, 564 Ko)
• List of personal information agents (PDF, 23,2 Ko)

Reports

• 5^th Quinquennial report « Technology and Privacy, in a Time of Societal Choices » - summary (PDF, 35,5 Ko)
• 4^th Quinquennial report « Reforming Access to Information : Choosing Transparency » - summary (PDF, 92,5 Ko)
• Ensuring a better protection for young people’s personal information in the digital age - summary (PDF, 514 Ko)

Statutes and regulations

• An Act respecting access to documents held by public bodies and the protection of personal information
• An Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector
• Regulation respecting fees for the transcription, reproduction or transmission of documents or nominative information
• Regulation respecting public bodies that must refuse to release or to confirm the existence of certain information
• Rules of Proof and Procedure before the Commission d’accès à l’information

Leaflets and bulletins

• What are your rights? How to make a request? (PDF, 283 Ko)
• Application for review, Application for examination of a disagreement, GUIDE, Procedure, Hearing 
• Instructions Regarding Hearing Postponents (PDF, 19,1 Ko)
• Loss or theft of personal information : How shoulf you react? Checklist for citizens (PDF, 404 Ko)
• Guide to the destruction of documents that contain personal information (PDF, 34,5 Ko)
• Management of personal information in universities and cegeps (PDF, 38,2 Ko)
• Notice of recourse (PDF, 208 Ko)

Guidance and analyses

• Pandemic, privacy and protection of personal information (PDF, 346 Ko)
• Canada’s privacy guardians call for comprehensive changes to no-fly list program (PDF, 28,1 Ko)
• Rules for use of surveillance cameras with recording in public places by public bodies (PDF, 59,0 Ko)
• Summary of the Report on the public consultation : Use of surveillance cameras by public bodies in public places (PDF, 47,0 Ko)
• Public surveillance by cameras 10 years after the first inquiry of the Commission d’accès à l’information : an appraisal (PDF, 11,1 Ko)
• Information highway, caution school zone (PDF, 47,7 Ko)
• Study of the health information highway in Québec : technical, ethical and legal issues (PDF, 13,0 Ko)
• Bill 86, An Act to amend the Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information and other legislative provisions (PDF, 27,4 Ko)

Others

• Mediation Framework (PDF, 387 Ko)
• Procedure for Joining Meetings (Montréal) (PDF, 113 Ko)
• Procedure for Joining Meetings (Québec) (PDF, 113 Ko)

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