Bill 231 — Third Session, 17Th Legislature, 23 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 231 the Government Computer Priyacy Act (Legislature 17, Session 3)

L17 S3 5379

Alberta — Bills

1974 Bill Third Session, 17th Legislature, 23 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL The Government Computer Priyacy Act MR. MILLER First Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ . Second Reading Thiro Reading Printed by L S. WALL, Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON Bill Mr. Miller (Taber- Warner) BILL THE GOVERNMENT COMPUTER PRIVACY ACT (Assented to , 1974) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent 'Of the Legislative Assembly 'Of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1..

In this Act, (a) "data" means information that has been fed into and st'Ored in a data bank; (b) "data bank" means a filing system (including a computer) that records and stores information; (c) "Minister" means the Provincial Treasurer; (d) "operator" means the person responsible for the operation of a data bank and for the introduction into and extracti'On fr'Om it of data. . 2.

(1) The Minister shall cause a register to be kept of all data banks operated by the Government of Alberta and any boards, commissions or agencies thereof.

(2) The register shall set forth, in respect of each data bank, (

a) the nature 'Of the data stored 'or to be stored therein, (

b) the purpose for which data is stored therein, and (

c) the class of persons authorized to extract data there- from.

(3) The operator of the data bank shall furnish the in formati'On referred to in subsection (2).

(4) The operator shall advise the Minister of any altera tions or additions to or deletions from the said informati'On within four weeks 'Of such alteration, addition or deletion. 3. Only data relevant to the purposes for which the data bank is operated shall be stored therein. 4. Data in a Government data bank (

a) that relates t'O the personal history or record of an adult 'Or a child, and (

b) which has come into existence through any Govern ment department, board, commission or agency, shall not be disclosed to any person outside the department, board, commission or agency which compiled the data except (

c) upon an order of the Legislative Assembly, or (

d) upon the written consent of the adult or of :the parent or guardian of the child, or (

e) at a trial, hearing or proceeding the authority for whieh is provided by another Act. 5. Where the Minister (

a) permits data stored in a data bank to be used for purposes other than those stated on the register, or (

b) allows access to the said data to persons other than those entered on the register as having authorized access, he shall be liable in damages to the pers'on whose personal data is involved and, where such acts or omissions are wil ful, is guilty of an 'Offence and on

summary conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $10,000. 16. The Minister shall make an annual report setting forth the information contained in the data bank register, which report shall be tabled before the Legislative Assembly before March 1st in each year or, if the Legislature is not then sitting, within 15 days of the commencement 'Of the next ensuing session thereof. 7. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 2 Title: 1974 (17th, 3rd) Bill 231, The Government Computer Privacy Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L17 S3 5379
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L17 S3 5379
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	15e10caee1eb37037aceb31e37829b532b4de701

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