BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association
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What if the federal public body does not have the records I requested?
The federal public body must tell you if they do not have the records you requested. If they know that another federal public body has them, they should transfer your request and let you know that it has done so. The new federal public body that received your request must then respond to you within 30 business days of the transfer date.
If you are told your request has been transferred, contact the federal public body it has been transferred to and ask if they need further information.
Any federal public body who received the personal information for an administrative purpose in the two-years prior to your request must be told of your request for correction, and if the correction was made. Personal information that has been used for an administrative purpose is information used in a decision-making process that directly affects that individual
If it was a government institution that received the information, they must also make the correction or note the request in their records.
Please see the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s how access to information and personal information requests work page for more information. Additionally, please see our help topic resource for more information on access to information requests.
Updated 2024.07. 27
These pages were last updated and reviewed in the summer of 2024.
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