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Info Source Bulletin Number 29
Statistical Tables 2005–2006 –
Privacy
Privacy Requests – April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006
These figures are based on Statistical Reports provided by 165 of the 165 federal institutions subject to the Privacy Act.
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Requests received during this reporting period |
36,090 |
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Requests brought forward from previous reporting period |
6,030 |
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Total number of requests |
42,120 |
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Requests completed |
37,293 |
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Requests carried forward to next reporting period |
4,827 |
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Disposition of completed requests
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Requests where all information was disclosed |
34.5% |
12,871 |
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Requests where information was disclosed in part |
48.8% |
17,821 |
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Requests where all information was excluded |
0.3% |
112 |
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Requests where all information was exempted |
0.8% |
296 |
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Requests unable to be processed |
16.6% |
6,193 |
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Total |
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37,293 |
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Institutions ranked in order of number of requests
received
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1) |
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada |
23.1% |
8,610 |
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2) |
Correctional Service Canada |
20.6% |
7,683 |
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3) |
National Defence |
13.1% |
4,840 |
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4) |
Citizenship and Immigration Canada |
11.2% |
4,176 |
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5) |
Canada Revenue Agency |
7.9% |
2,928 |
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6) |
Other Departments |
24.3% |
9,056 |
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Total |
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37,293 |
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Time Required to Complete Requests
(including requests for which extensions were required)
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0 to 30 days |
68.5% |
25,530 |
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31 to 60 days |
13.3% |
4,975 |
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61 to 120 days |
5.3% |
1,992 |
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121 days or more |
12.9% |
4,796 |
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Total |
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37,293 |
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Exemptions
It should be noted that a single Privacy Request can be indicated as being exempted for multiple reasons. All such exemptions must be reported.
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Section 26 |
Information about another individual |
63.2% |
15,166 |
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Section 22 |
Law enforcement and investigation |
19.9% |
4,777 |
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Section 19 |
Personal information obtained in confidence |
7.2% |
1,740 |
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Section 24 |
Individuals sentenced for an offence |
4.0% |
957 |
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Section 21 |
International Affairs and defence |
2.6% |
632 |
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Section 27 |
Solicitor-client privilege |
2.1% |
502 |
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Section 25 |
Safety of individuals |
0.4% |
103 |
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Section 18 |
Exempt banks |
0.2% |
59 |
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Section 23 |
Security clearances |
0.1% |
35 |
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Section 28 |
Medical records |
0.1% |
34 |
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Section 20 |
Federal-provincial affairs |
0.0% |
5 |
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Total |
24,010 |
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Exclusions
It should be noted that a single Privacy Request can be indicated as being excluded for multiple reasons. All such exclusions must be reported.
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Section 69(1)(a) |
44.4% |
8 |
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Section 70(1)(a) |
16.7% |
3 |
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Section 70(1)(e) |
16.7% |
3 |
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Section 70(1)(c) |
11.1 |
2 |
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Section 69(1)(b) |
5.6% |
1 |
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Section 70(1)(f) |
5.6% |
1 |
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Section 70(1)(b) |
0.0% |
0 |
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Section 70(1)(d) |
0.0% |
0 |
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Total |
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18 |
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Costs for Operations
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Requests completed |
37,293 |
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Cost of operations |
$21,351,205.26 |
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Cost per request completed |
$572.53 |
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Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA)
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Number of Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) initiated |
85 |
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Number of Preliminary Privacy Impact Assessments (PPIA) initiated |
39 |
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Number of PIAs forwarded to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) |
31 |
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Number of PPIAs forwarded to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) |
21 |
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Number of PIA summaries posted on institutional web sites |
24 |
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