Personal Information Banks
This publication is required by the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Under the act, individuals may request any record of information in any form including a letter, report, computer tape, microfilm, videotape, sound recording, electronic document or email.
The Directory of Records lists the types of records held by ministries and some provincial agencies.
Note: not all records listed in the Directory of Records are available through Freedom of Information requests. Find out what is unavailable.
This directory divides government record holdings into 4 categories:
- personal information bank - personal information organized by an individual's name or other personal identifiers
- public records - personal information available to all members of the public
- general records - general information that is not part of the personal information bank or public records
- common record - a personal information bank that is common to more than one organization
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Data dictionary
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ministry | Text |
ministry name |
| Institution | Text |
division name |
| Title | Text |
html title |
| Authority | Text |
html act name |
| Information maintained | Text |
list of personal information details being recorded |
| Retention Period | Text |
years |
| Users | Text |
which staff are users |
| Uses | Text |
purpose for staff use |
| Individuals in bank | Text |
who has been recorded |
| Disposal policy | Text |
how will data be discarded |
Additional information
- Last updated
- December 11, 2024
- Created
- December 31, 2019
- Format
- application/csv
- File size
- 859.3 KiB
- Licence
- King's Printer for Ontario
- Name
- Personal Information Banks
- Type
- Data
- Language
- English
- Data made public date
- February 24, 2020
- Data range start
- June 1, 2024
- Data range end
- June 1, 2024
- Validation status
- success
- Validation timestamp
- 2024-12-11T19:13:23.256576
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