Statistical Tables - 2007-2008 - Privacy
Privacy Requests - April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008
These figures are based on Statistical Reports provided by 232 of the 237 federal institutions subject to the Privacy Act during the period for which the statistical information is reported2. Five institutions, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, Marine Atlantic Inc, Northwest Territories Water Board, Nunavut Surface Rights Board and Ridley Terminals Inc. did not submit Statistical Reports.
| Requests received during this reporting period |
39,134 |
| Requests brought forward from previous reporting period |
4,502 |
| Total number of requests |
43,636 |
| Requests completed |
38,744 |
| Requests carried forward to next reporting period |
4,892 |
Disposition of completed requests
| Requests where all information was disclosed |
24.8% |
9,602 |
| Requests where information was disclosed in part |
48.2% |
18,693 |
| Requests where all information was excluded |
0.0% |
13 |
| Requests where all information was exempted |
1.1% |
441 |
Requests unable to be processed
(Reasons include insufficient information provided by applicant, no records exist and abandonment by applicant) |
25.8% |
9,995 |
| Total |
38,744 |
Institutions ranked in order of number of requests received
| 1) Human Resources and Skills Development Canada |
19.2% |
7,458 |
| 2) Correctional Service Canada |
18.9% |
7,313 |
| 3) National Defence |
13.5% |
5,244 |
| 4) Citizenship and Immigration Canada |
12.9% |
5,002 |
| 5) Canada Post Corporation |
12.3% |
4,774 |
| 6) Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
7.7% |
2,974 |
| 7) Canada Revenue Agency |
3.6% |
1,406 |
| 8) Canada Border Services Agency |
2.4% |
926 |
| 9) Canadian Security Intelligence Service |
1.9% |
746 |
| 10) Immigration and Refugee Board |
1.3% |
509 |
| 11) Other Departments |
6.2% |
2,392 |
| Total |
38,744 |
Time Required to Complete Requests
(including requests for which extensions were required)
| 0 to 30 days |
68.6% |
26,595 |
| 31 to 60 days |
14.8% |
5,728 |
| 61 to 120 days |
7.4% |
2,868 |
| 121 days or more |
9.2% |
3,553 |
| Total |
38,744 |
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.
| Section 26 |
Information about another individual |
61.1% |
17,299 |
| Section 22 |
Law enforcement and investigation |
19.8% |
5,611 |
| Section 19 |
Personal information obtained in confidence |
7.4% |
2,093 |
| Section 21 |
International Affairs and defence |
6.4% |
1,802 |
| Section 24 |
Individuals sentenced for an offence |
3.0% |
849 |
| Section 27 |
Solicitor-client privilige |
1.7% |
474 |
| Section 25 |
Safety of individuals |
0.3% |
97 |
| Section 28 |
Medical records |
0.2% |
46 |
| Section 23 |
Security clearances |
0.2% |
44 |
| Section 20 |
Federal-provincial affairs |
0.0% |
3 |
| Section 18 |
Exempt banks |
0.0% |
1 |
| Total |
28,319 |
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.
| Section 69(1)(a) |
36.4% |
8 |
| Section 70(1)(a) |
18.2% |
4 |
| Section 70(1)(c) |
13.6% |
3 |
| Section 70(1)(d) |
13.6% |
3 |
| Section 70(1)(e) |
9.1% |
2 |
| Section 69(1)(b) |
4.5% |
1 |
| Section 70(1)(b) |
4.5% |
1 |
| Section 70(1)(f) |
0.0% |
0 |
| Total |
22 |
Costs for Operations
| Requests completed |
38,744 |
| Cost of operations |
$19,511,255.83 |
| Cost per request completed |
$503.59 |
Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA)
| Number of Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) initiated |
95 |
| Number of Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) completed |
49 |
| Number of Preliminary Privacy Impact Assessments (PPIA) initated |
75 |
| Number of Preliminary Privacy Impact Assessments (PPIA) completed |
44 |
| Number of PIAs forwarded to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) |
41 |
[2] The number of institutions subject to the
Privacy Act may vary from one year to another. This variance occurs as new institutions become subject to the legislation, if the status of the institutions changes, and if two or more institutions merge to create one institution.
