Privacy Act — P-21 8
Disclosure of personal information 8 (1) Personal information under the control of a government institution shall not, without the consent of the individual to whom it relates, be disclosed by the institution except in accordance with this section. Where personal information may be disclosed (2) Subject to any other Act of Parliament, personal information under the control of a government institution may be disclosed (a) for the purpose for which the information was obtained or compiled by the institution or for a use consistent with that purpose; (b) for any purpose in accordance with any Act of Parliament or any regulation made thereunder that authorizes its disclosure; (c) for the purpose of complying with a subpoena or warrant issued or order made by a court, person or body with jurisdiction to compel the production of information or for the purpose of complying with rules of court relating to the production of information; (d) to the Attorney General of Canada for use in legal proceedings involving the Crown in right of Canada or the Government of Canada; (e) to an investigative body specified in the regulations, on the written request of the body, for the purpose of enforcing any law of Canada or a province or carrying out a lawful investigation, if the request specifies the purpose and describes the information to be disclosed; (f) for the purpose of administering or enforcing any law or carrying out a lawful investigation, under an agreement or arrangement between the Government of Canada or any of its institutions and any of the following entities or any of their institutions: (i) the government of a foreign state, (ii) an international organization of states or an international organization established by the governments of states, (iii) the government of a province, (iv) the council of the Westbank First Nation, (v) the council of a participating First Nation as defined in subsection 2(1) of the First Nations Jurisdiction over Education in British Columbia Act , (vi) the council of a participating First Nation as defined in section 2 of the Anishinabek Nation Education Agreement Act , (vii) a First Nation Government or the Anishinabek Nation Government , as defined in section 2 of the Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement Act , or an Anishinaabe Institution, within the meaning of section 1.1 of the Agreement , as defined in section 2 of that Act, (vii.1) the Whitecap Dakota Government , as defined in section 2 of the Self-Government Treaty Recognizing the Whitecap Dakota Nation / Wapaha Ska Dakota Oyate Act ; (g) to a member of Parliament for the purpose of assisting the individual to whom the information relates in resolving a problem; (h) to officers or employees of the institution for internal audit purposes, or to the office of the Comptroller General or any other person or body specified in the regulations for audit purposes; (i) to the Library and Archives of Canada for archival purposes; (j) to any person or body for research or statistical purposes if the head of the government institution (i) is satisfied that the purpose for which the information is disclosed cannot reasonably be accomplished unless the information is provided in a form that would identify the individual to whom it relates, and (ii) obtains from the person or body a written undertaking that no subsequent disclosure of the information will be made in a form that could reasonably be expected to identify the individual to whom it relates; (k) to any aboriginal government, association of aboriginal people, Indian band, government institution or part thereof, or to any person acting on behalf of such government, association, band, institution or part thereof, for the purpose of researching or validating the claims, disputes or grievances of any of the aboriginal peoples of Canada; (l) to any government institution for the purpose of locating an individual in order to collect a debt owing to Her Majesty in right of Canada by that individual or