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Who has a right to access a student's personal information?
What if a student wants to access a child's personal information?
How do I request a student's personal information?
Can I access my student's personal information from my school & TDSB?
Do school boards have to disclose personal information about students?
Can a school disclose a student's personal information to law enforcement?
Do students and their parents have a right to access students’ records? Yes. Students and their parents have a right to access the student’s personal information from their schools and school boards. This right is provided for in both MFIPPA and the Education Act.
- How do students and parents access personal information?
Most students and parents request information directly from...
- How do students and parents access personal information?
Most students and parents request information directly from the school, either through an informal request or under the Education Act: The parent, guardian, or student, can make a request to the principal of the school to examine the student’s OSR.
How do students and parents access personal information? Do individuals have a right to access general records from a school board? Do students need to reach a certain age before they can exercise their access rights?
Do students and their parents/guardians have a right to access students’ records? Yes. Students and their parents have a right to access the student’s personal information (e.g. Ontario Student Record) from their schools and TDSB.
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- What Is Personal Information?
- Federal Privacy Laws and What They Cover
- Provincial Privacy Laws
- Sector-Specific Privacy Laws
Personal information is data about an “identifiable individual”. It is information that on its own or combined with other pieces of data, can identify youas an individual. The definition of personal information differs somewhat under PIPEDA or the Privacy Actbut generally, it can mean information about your: 1. race, national or ethnic origin, 2. r...
Canada has two federal privacy lawsthat are enforced by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: 1. the Privacy Act, which covers how the federal government handles personal information; 2. the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), which covers how businesses handle personal information.
Every province and territory has its own laws that apply to provincial government agencies and their handling of personal information. Some provinces have private-sector privacy laws that may apply instead of PIPEDA. This means that those laws apply instead of PIPEDAin some cases. These provinces are: 1. Alberta 2. British Columbia 3. Québec.
Several federal and provincial sector-specific laws include provisions dealing with the protection of personal information. The federal Bank Act, for example, contains provisions regulating the use and disclosure of personal financial information by federally regulated financial institutions. Provincial laws governing credit unionstypically have pr...
Individual access - Generally speaking, you have a right to access the personal information that an organization holds about you. (In other words, you should be able to find out everything they’ve collected about you.) Search keywords: access, request, control, “your data”, “your information”
Right to access personal information. All individuals, whether they are within or outside Canada, may request access to any personal information about themselves under the control of a federal institution. To request access, make a written request to the federal institution that holds your personal information.
