This information may include financial, employment, demographic and educational data on individuals. Such data, however, would be stored as part of the general subject files where records are not normally retrieved by name of individual or other personal identifier. This class of personal information contains data collected from departmental employees for departmental program evaluation studies. The aggregate data are used to support program evaluation, policy analysis and program development activities. All data are retained at headquarters with study files retained for a minimum of two years.
Files are retrievable by study only.
The names of individual participants are not retained. This is a class of records generated by departmental officials who conducted public opinion research on a vast spectrum of topics related to the mandate and mission of the Department of Industry Canada. Retrievable records consist of data gathering instruments, such as, but not exclusively, questionnaires which may contain personal information that reveals the identification of the research subject. Data contained in this class of records are not used for administrative purposes. Individuals seeking access to these records must provide the title of the research project in which they participated, the location and the date of the research, and any other data that may help to identify and locate the personal information they are seeking.