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A-2.1 - Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information
Section 78
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78. Sections 64 to 77 do not apply to the processing of personal information collected and used as a working tool by a natural person, to the extent that the information is not disclosed to any person other than the person concerned or to a body other than that to which he belongs, and that it is used judiciously.
The same rule applies to the processing of personal information collected by a natural person and which is used by him for scientific research purposes.
The public body is subject to the said sections from the time the person contemplated in the first or second paragraph discloses to the public body personal information that he has collected or which was obtained through processing.
78. Sections 64 to 77 do not apply to the processing of nominative information collected and used as a working tool by a natural person, to the extent that the information is not disclosed to any person other than the person concerned or to a body other than that to which he belongs, and that it is used judiciously.
The same rule applies to the processing of nominative information collected by a natural person and which is used by him for scientific research purposes.
The public body is subject to the said sections from the time the person contemplated in the first or second paragraph discloses to the public body nominative information that he has collected or which was obtained through processing.
