Info Bank Privacy Impact Assessment for Global Affairs Canada

A Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) developed by Global Affairs Canada for its Info Bank system. The assessment was conducted following a 2007 preliminary PIA for a similar system (RDIMS) by TBS, the Department of Finance, and the Canada Public Service Agency. It focuses on identifying potential privacy risks associated with differences between the Info Bank and the earlier assessed RDIMS.

Use Cases

• Assessing privacy risks in government IT systems based on the PIA methodology described.
• Comparing privacy frameworks between different departmental systems like Info Bank and RDIMS.
• Informing the development of privacy controls for document management systems based on identified risks.

Strengths

• Document is associated with a specific government department (Global Affairs Canada).
• Assessment is linked to a documented preliminary PIA from November 2007.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data format is HTML, which may require parsing to extract structured information.

Provenance

Source

Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada

Collection Method

Developed as part of departmental commitment to personal information protection and Management of Information Technology Security requirements.

Time Range

Assessment references work from November 2007.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-13 13:31:11.595958; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada