Language selection

OPC Logo Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Search

Investigations into federal institutions

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) conducts investigations into the personal information handling practices of federal government institutions subject to the Privacy Act.

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada is subject to strict confidentiality obligations and can only make findings from investigations under the Privacy Act public in limited circumstances, such as through annual reports or special reports to Parliament.

On this page, you will find a selection of reports and summaries of investigations that have been made public. They demonstrate how the Act applies to the way the federal government collects, uses or discloses personal information.

For each case, the Office indicates the outcome using a set of defined terms for findings and dispositions.

Note: Complainants' names have been removed in the summaries and reports.

Special Report to Parliament - Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act

Investigation of the RCMP’s collection of open-source information under Project Wide Awake

Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act

Investigation of Correctional Service Canada’s collection and disclosure of an individual’s personal information from Facebook related to an employee’s 699-leave

Commissioner's Findings 2022-2023 under the Privacy Act

Date of findings:
Special Report to Parliament

Protecting privacy in a pandemic

Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act

Investigation into the collection and use of de-identified mobility data in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic

Commissioner's findings under the Privacy Act - Special Report to Parliament

Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act

Office of the Privacy Commissioner Compliance Monitoring of Statistics Canada’s Financial Transactions Project and Credit Agency Data Project: Final Report

Commissioner's Findings 2020-2021 under the Privacy Act

Date of findings:
Special Report to Parliament - Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act

Police use of Facial Recognition Technology in Canada and the way forward

Special report to Parliament on the OPC’s investigation into the RCMP’s use of Clearview AI and draft joint guidance for law enforcement agencies considering the use of facial recognition technology

Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act

CBSA should only retain travellers’ digital device passcodes when necessary

Commissioner's Findings 2019-2020 under the Privacy Act

Date of findings:
Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act

Video recording in the workplace at correctional institutions consistent with the Privacy Act

Commissioner's Findings 2019-2020 under the Privacy Act

Date of findings:
Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act

Statistics Canada: Invasive data initiatives should be redesigned with privacy in mind

Commissioner's Findings 2018-2019 under the Privacy Act

Date of findings:
Commissioner's Findings: Privacy Act

Crossing the line? The CBSA’s examination of digital devices at the border

Commissioner's Findings 2018-2019 under the Privacy Act

Date of findings:

Showing items 1 through 10 of 11.

Filter these results

  • Active Topics Filters

    • Surveillance and monitoring
Clear all

Search by key word or choose from the filter options below to narrow the results.

Dispositions

Complaint Types

Topics

Date of Findings
Date modified: