Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Northwest Territories)

The Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (French: Loi sur l'accès à l'information et la protection de la vie privée, ATIPPA) is an act of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut that is both an access-to-information statute and an information-privacy statute.

It enables the right-of-access to records held by public agencies in the province and governs the handling of personal information by public bodies.

The act allows requests for emails, meeting minutes, records about deceased family members or any other documents held by government bodies.^[1] School districts are included under the legislation.^[2]

Making a request may require spending thousands of dollars out-of-pocket.^[3]

The 2024 budget included funding for a senior information privacy specialist and an information and privacy analyst in order to help the territory meet its responsibilities under the legislation.^[4]

In April 2024, the Information and Privacy Commissioner criticised the legislation, saying that there was too much demand, and too few staff.^[5]

• Access to Information and Protection of Privacy
• Text of the Act