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P-39.1 - Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector

Section 40
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40. Any person carrying on an enterprise must refuse to give communication of personal information to a person to whom it relates where disclosure would be likely to reveal personal information about a third person or the existence of such information and the disclosure may seriously harm that third person, unless the latter consents to the communication of the information or in the case of an emergency that threatens the life, health or safety of the person concerned.
1993, c. 17, s. 40; 2021, c. 25, s. 128.
40. Any person carrying on an enterprise who holds a file on another person must refuse to give communication of personal information to a person to whom it relates where disclosure would be likely to reveal personal information about a third person or the existence of such information and the disclosure may seriously harm that third person, unless the latter consents to the communication of the information or in the case of an emergency that threatens the life, health or safety of the person concerned.
1993, c. 17, s. 40.
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