Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act

The Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (RTIPPA) is an act of the New Brunswick Legislature in the Canadian province of New Brunswick 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.^[1]

The legislation is considered one of the weakest regimes in Canada.^[2]

The legislation has been used to access complaints made by members of the public.^[3]

The legislation allows the information commissioner to issue reports regarding the compliance by crown corporations.^[4]

Democracy Watch has criticised the legislation for being "weak" and fines for breaking the law being "low".^[5] According to Anne Bertrand, the province had become more "open" over her tenure as commissioner.^[6]

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