Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Yukon)

Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Yukon Legislative Assembly
Citation	S.Y. 2018, c. 9
Assented to	November 22, 2018
Legislative history
Bill citation	Bill 24
Introduced by	Richard Mostyn MLA, Minister of Highways and Public Works
First reading	October 3, 2018
Second reading	October 11, 2018
Third reading	November 21, 2018
Status: Current legislation

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 Yukon 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.

If a public body refuses to comply with a request, the commissioner can start a full formal investigation into the matter.^[1] The legislation did not mandate breach reporting as of 2018 but this was added in 2021.^[2]

The registry which documents breaches under the legislation was taken down due to a privacy breach, in 2024.^[3]

The Information and Privacy Commissioner for Yukon has criticised the fact that the legislation does not allow the commissioner to issue "orders of compliance" and only allows for recommendations to public bodies.^[4] The commissioner has criticised for not giving the office of the commissioner an independent budget.^[5]

• Text of the Act