The Protection of Personal Information in Educational Institutions! - 2014

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Introduction

« During the 2011-2012 school year, the Table en gestion de documents et de l'information Laval, Laurentides, Lanaudière, Montréal et Outaouais, in collaboration with the Table des secrétaires généraux Laval, Laurentides, Lanaudière mandated a committee to update the brochure once again.

The content was simplified and enriched, namely by adding information on student files and the delegation of parental authority. The various chapters of this brochure provide education stakeholders with relevant information on the protection of personal information in their respective institutions.

The revision of the brochure proved necessary following amendments to the Act Respecting Access to Documents Held by Public Bodies and the Protection of Personal Information in 2006.

Objectives

« This document was produced in order to raise awareness among employees of educational institutions of the obligation to protect personal information.

Specifically, the objectives are:

• to make staff aware of the legal context concerning the protection of personal information;
• to explain the basic principles that must guide the selection of the measures that will be implemented to ensure that the spirit of the law is respected;
• to specify the responsibilities of educational institution personnel;
• to provide educational personnel a tool to help them carry out their functions.