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

Section 79 Disposition versions

2023-09-22

79. Every personal information agent must inform the public

(1)  of the fact that the agent holds personal information on other persons, that he gives communication of credit reports bearing on the character, reputation or solvency of the persons to whom the personal information relates to persons with whom he is bound by contract, and that he receives from the latter personal information relating to other persons;

(2)  of the rights of access and rectification that the persons concerned may exercise under this Act in respect of the personal information the agent holds; and

(3)  of the information provided for in subparagraphs 3 to 6 of the first paragraph of section 72.

The information must be published on the personal information agent’s website, or, if the agent does not have a website, made available by any other appropriate means.

1993, c. 17, s. 79; 2021, c. 25, s. 148.

1994-01-01

79. Every personal information agent must, not later than 60 days after 1 January 1994 and every two years thereafter, inform the public, by means of a notice published in a newspaper having general circulation in each region of Québec in which he does business, of

(1)  the fact that he holds files on other persons, that he gives communication of credit reports bearing on the character, reputation or solvency of the persons to whom the information in the files relates to persons with whom he is bound by contract, and that he receives from the latter personal information relating to other persons;

(2)  the rights of consultation and rectification that may be exercised according to law, by persons to whom the information relates, in respect of the files he holds;

(3)  the name, address and telephone number of the person, in each region, to whom the persons to whom the information relates may apply to consult their file, and the procedure for consultation.

1993, c. 17, s. 79.