Submit a Privacy Impact Assessment to the OPC and the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Use the Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) online submission form to send your approved PIA and related documents, including Personal Information Bank documents, to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) and the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS).
Federal public sector institutions must submit all approved PIAs to the OPC and TBS, as required by the TBS Directive on Privacy Practices.
For more information please see the OPC’s Guide to the Privacy Impact Assessment Process.
Submit a PIA to the OPC and TBS
To access the secure online PIA submission form, click on the Request a link option below. Submitting a PIA via the online form takes 10 to 15 minutes. The submission form automatically sends the information you submit to both the OPC and TBS.
Important notes
- This form cannot be used for privacy complaints or breach reports. Follow these links to File a formal privacy complaint or to Report a privacy breach at your organization.
- This form can only be used for documents up to and including Protected B. To send documents above Protected B, contact the OPC by email at scg‑ga@priv.gc.ca, and TBS at ippd-dpiprp@tbs-sct.gc.ca
Submit additional documents to the OPC and TBS for an existing PIA or addendum
Select the Submit additional documents option to submit documents (up to Protected B) associated with a previously submitted PIA or addendum for which you have a PIA submission reference number (for example, XHID2RRQR9U5).
If you have additional documents to submit but no PIA submission reference number, please submit them to the OPC at scg‑ga@priv.gc.ca.
Need to send non-PIA documents to the OPC?
This online submission form is for PIAs, PIA related documents, and PIA updates/addenda only. Submit privacy protocols, other non-PIA privacy assessments, draft information sharing agreements, and internal policies to the OPC by email at scg‑ga@priv.gc.ca or by mail to:
30 Victoria Street,
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 1H3
Advisory services for federal public sector institutions
Federal institutions are welcome to email the OPC’s Government Advisory team at scg‑ga@priv.gc.ca to:
- ask privacy-related questions
- arrange a consultation or an outreach session
- submit a PIA, Information Sharing Agreements, or notifications
Learn more about our government advisory services.
Institutions are also welcome to email TBS’s Privacy and Responsible Data Division at ippd-dpiprp@tbs-sct.gc.ca to:
- ask privacy-related questions
- consult concerning privacy initiatives and Personal Information Banks
- submit a PIA
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