Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)

To assure Canadians that privacy principles are being taken into account when there are proposals for, and during the design, implementation and evolution of programs and services that raise privacy issues by:

• prescribing the development and maintenance of Privacy Impact Assessments; and
• routinely communicating the results of Privacy Impact Assessments to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the public.

Privacy Impact Assessments provide a framework to ensure that privacy is considered throughout the design or re-design of programs or services. The assessments will identify the extent to which proposals comply with the provisions of the Privacy Act, regulations and Treasury Board Secretariat Privacy Impact Assessment Policy. Assessments assist managers and decision-makers to avoid or mitigate privacy risks and promote fully informed policy, program and system design choices.

Privacy Impact (PIA) Report Public Summaries

The subsection 5(2) of the Privacy Act requires government institutions to notify individuals of the intended uses, consistent uses and disclosure of personal information when it is being collected. To complement this requirement and to promote a broader understanding of how privacy issues related to the program or service have been addressed, institutions must make summaries of the results of their Privacy Assessments available to the public.

• Review of Procurement Practices & Supplier Complaints
• Certification Program for the Federal Government Procurement and Materiel Management Community
• Compensation Web Applications
• Controlled Goods Program's Enhanced Security Strategy
• Foreign Banking Services (FBS)
• Government of Canada Pension Modernization Project - Release 1.0
• Government of Canada Pension Modernization Project – Release 1.5 - Enhanced Case Management and Imaging
• Integrated Information System (IIS)
• Integrity Assessment Program
• Minister's and Deputy Minister's Correspondence Process
• Publications Website
• Receiver General Buy Button (RGBB)
• Receiver General Buy Button (RGBB) Upgrade
• Privacy Impact Assessment Summary for the Use of the Social Insurance Number as a File Identifier for the Public Service, Canadian Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Plans