Privacy Act Complaints Against Public Services and Procurement Canada

Public Services and Procurement Canada's Privacy complaints dataset contains notices of complaints and investigations received from the Information Commissioner of Canada under the Privacy Act. The data is provided in XML and CSV formats and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze complaint trends and investigation outcomes using fields like 'complaint_type' and 'investigation_status'
• Track the volume and processing of privacy complaints over time using a 'date_received' field
• Examine the relationship between complaint sources and resolution actions using potential 'source' and 'resolution' columns

Strengths

• Data is sourced directly from a Canadian federal department, Public Services and Procurement Canada
• The dataset was updated in March 2026, indicating recent maintenance
• Available in both XML and CSV formats for flexible access

Limitations

• The dataset lacks publicly disclosed metadata on row count, column names, and sample data
• Unknown temporal coverage limits analysis of historical trends
• Absence of column definitions hinders immediate analytical use

Provenance

Source

Public Services and Procurement Canada

Collection Method

Complaints and investigations received from the Information Commissioner of Canada under the Privacy Act.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-09.

Geography

Canada