Abstract #301853

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JSM 2003 Abstract #301853
Activity Number: 201
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 5, 2003 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Government Statistics
Abstract - #301853
Title: Implementation of Privacy Impact Assessments at Statistics Canada
Author(s): Pamela White*+ and Michael Oneill
Companies: Statistics Canada and Statistics Canada
Address: 25B R.H.COATS Building, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0T6, Canada
Keywords: privacy ; assessment ; information ; impact ; personal
Abstract:

Beginning May 2002, Canada's Treasury Board Secretariat required that all federal departments and agencies undertaking new collections of personal information or substantially revising existing systems conduct a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) of the activity. Ten privacy principles form the assessment criteria of the privacy impact assessment: Accountability, Collection, Consent, Use, Disclosure and Disposition, Accuracy, Safeguards, Openness, Individual's Right of Access and Challenging compliance. A risk analysis of the data flows and system architecture also form part of the PIA. The Canadian PIA policy was formulated to assess the privacy implications of the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information by departments and agencies involved in the administration of federal government programs and services. The adaptation of the government-wide policy by a statistical agency responsible for the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information for research and statistical purposes has presented a number of challenges. The paper discusses the generic PIA approach that has been developed by Statistics Canada for collection, use, and disclosure of survey information.

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