A-2.1 - Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information

Section 73 Disposition versions

2023-09-22

73. When the purposes for which personal information was collected or used have been achieved, the public body must destroy the information, or anonymize it to use it for public interest purposes, subject to the Archives Act (chapter A-21.1) or the Professional Code (chapter C-26).

For the purposes of this Act, information concerning a natural person is anonymized if it is, at all times, reasonably foreseeable in the circumstances that it irreversibly no longer allows the person to be identified directly or indirectly.

Information anonymized under this Act must be anonymized according to generally accepted best practices and according to the criteria and terms determined by regulation.

1982, c. 30, s. 73; 1983, c. 38, s. 56; 2006, c. 22, s. 49; 2021, c. 25, s. 28.

2007-09-14

73. When the purposes for which personal information was collected or used have been achieved, the public body must destroy the information, subject to the Archives Act (chapter A‐21.1) or the Professional Code (chapter C‐26).

1982, c. 30, s. 73; 1983, c. 38, s. 56; 2006, c. 22, s. 49.

2006-06-14

73. When the purposes for which personal information was collected or used have been achieved, the public body must destroy the information, subject to the Archives Act (chapter A‐21.1) or the Professional Code (chapter C‐26).

1982, c. 30, s. 73; 1983, c. 38, s. 56; 2006, c. 22, s. 49.

The words “or the Professional Code” come into force on 14 September 2007 (2006, c. 22, s. 183, par. 6).

1983-12-21

73. When the object for which nominative information was collected has been achieved, the public body shall destroy the document, subject to the Archives Act (chapter A-21.1).

1982, c. 30, s. 73; 1983, c. 38, s. 56.