PART I MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Collection and use of personal information
8.1 (1) The Minister may collect personal information, directly or indirectly, for purposes related to the following matters, and may use it for those purposes: 1. Administering this Act and the regulations, and implementing the policies and guidelines made under this Act. 2. Ensuring compliance with this Act, the regulations, and the policies and guidelines made under this Act. 3. Planning or delivering programs or services that the Ministry provides or funds, in whole or in part, allocating resources to any of them, evaluating or monitoring any of them or detecting, monitoring and preventing fraud or any unauthorized receipt of services or benefits related to any of them. 3.1 Planning or delivering extended day programs, allocating resources to them, evaluating or monitoring them or detecting, monitoring and preventing fraud or any unauthorized receipt of services or benefits related to them. 3.2 Providing for financial assistance related to extended day programs, evaluating or monitoring the provision of the assistance or detecting, monitoring and preventing fraud or any unauthorized receipt of benefits related to the assistance. 4. Risk management, error management or activities to improve or maintain the quality of the programs or services that the Ministry provides or funds, in whole or in part. 4.1 Risk management, error management or activities to improve or maintain the quality of extended day programs. 4.2 Risk management, error management or activities to improve or maintain the provision of financial assistance related to extended day programs. 5. Research and statistical activities that relate to education and are conducted by or on behalf of the Ministry.  2006, c. 10, s. 1; 2010, c. 10, s. 3 (1, 2). Limits on collection and use (2) The Minister shall not collect or use personal information if other information will serve the purpose of the collection or use.  2006, c. 10, s. 1. Same (3) The Minister shall not collect or use more personal information than is reasonably necessary to meet the purpose of the collection or use.  2006, c. 10, s. 1. Collection and use of personal information for research (4) The collection or use of personal information for purposes related to research activities mentioned in paragraph 5 of subsection (1) is subject to any requirements and restrictions that may be prescribed.  2006, c. 10, s. 1. Disclosure by educational and training institutions, etc. (5) The Minister may require any of the following to disclose to him or her such personal information as is reasonably necessary for the purposes described in subsection (1): 1. Educational and training institutions that are prescribed for the purposes of sections 266.2 to 266.5. 2. Persons and entities that are prescribed for the purposes of subsections 266.3 (3) and (4).  2006, c. 10, s. 1; 2010, c. 10, s. 3 (3). Same (6) The Minister may specify the time at which, and the form in which, the information must be provided.  2006, c. 10, s. 1. Notice required by s. 39 (2) of FIPPA (7) If the Minister collects personal information indirectly under subsection (1), the notice required by subsection 39 (2) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act is given by, (a) a public notice posted on the Ministry’s website; or (b) any other method that may be prescribed.  2006, c. 10, s. 1. Regulations (8) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes of this section, (a) prescribing requirements and restrictions for the purposes of subsection (4); (b) prescribing methods of giving the notice required by subsection 39 (2) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.  2006, c. 10, s. 1. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2006, c. 10, s. 1
- 01/06/2006 2010, c. 10, s. 3 (1-3)
- 03/06/2010