{"id":578108,"date":"2026-04-02T20:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/578108\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T20:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:52:12","slug":"ottawa-proposes-making-it-easier-to-share-personal-data-among-government-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/578108\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa proposes making it easier to share personal data among government &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Jim Bronskill<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted April 2, 2026 3:45 pm<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUpdated April 2, 2026 3:50 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>The Liberal government proposes making it easier for federal agencies to share and reuse the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/personal-data\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">personal data<\/a> of Canadians as part of a major overhaul of the <a href=\"http:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/privacy-act\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Act.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The act governs how federal agencies collect, use and disclose personal information, and gives people the right to see and correct data the government holds about them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/treasury-board-secretariat\/services\/access-information-privacy\/access-information\/privacy-act-modernization-policy-approaches\/2026-review-privacy-act-policy-approaches.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In a new policy paper<\/a>, the government proposes allowing federal agencies to reuse and share personal data with each other and with their provincial, territorial or municipal partners, without consent, if it improves services or programs.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you&#8217;ll never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<p>The paper also suggests bolstering protection by recognizing privacy as a fundamental right and requiring an assessment when a federal program uses personal data to make a decision about someone.<\/p>\n<p>The Privacy Act has not changed substantially since it took effect in 1983.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The government says comments and feedback on the policy approaches will be collected through <a href=\"https:\/\/forms-formulaires.alpha.canada.ca\/en\/id\/cmn4w60h100pjwy01wqv3m72u\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an online submission form<\/a> until July 10.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Liberals table tweaked \u2018lawful access\u2019 bill after privacy concerns, backlash'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/260312-JILLIAN.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:50<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLiberals table tweaked \u2018lawful access\u2019 bill after privacy concerns, backlash\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Jim Bronskill The Canadian Press Posted April 2, 2026 3:45 pm 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