Official Events System (OES) Privacy Impact Assessment for Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs Canada's Privacy Impact Assessment details the transition from a 1998 Hospitality System to a new Official Events System for managing government protocol events. The document meets Management of Information Technology Security requirements for departmental major services. It was last updated on 2026-07-13 and is published under the OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Use Cases

• Assessing privacy compliance for government event management systems based on the described PIA framework
• Evaluating system modernization from legacy platforms based on the transition from the 1998 Hospitality System
• Reviewing security and privacy assessment methodologies for departmental major services as mandated by Management of Information Technology Security requirements
• Analyzing feature and portability requirements for government protocol software based on the description of the new OES

Strengths

• Document is tied to a specific government department and system (Global Affairs Canada's Official Events System).
• Explicitly states compliance with Management of Information Technology Security requirements for major services.
• Provides a clear historical context by mentioning the replacement of a system originally implemented in 1998.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada

Collection Method

Developed as part of the department's commitment to protection of personal information and to meet security assessment requirements.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-13 18:31:31.770881; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada