Changes

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner will be informed of the reasons for delays through institutions’ Annual Reports.

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner will be informed of the reasons for delays through institutions’ Annual Reports.

TBS has created Model Written Explanations as a resource for institution, to support with the implementation of the 30-Day Response and Written Explanation Guarantee. The Model Written Explanations can be found in the Privacy Tools section of the Privacy Policy GCpedia page ('''insert hyperlink when available).'''

TBS has created [[FINAL EN Model written explanations.docx|Model Written Explanations]] as a resource for institution, to support with the implementation of the 30-Day Response and Written Explanation Guarantee.  

The amended directive and the model explanations do not change the circumstances set out in section 15 of the ''Privacy Act'' in which an institution can take an extension.

The amended directive and the model explanations do not change the circumstances set out in section 15 of the ''Privacy Act'' in which an institution can take an extension.

Institutions are encouraged to change their business practices to begin providing written explanations for extensions to the requester in advance of October 1, 2018.

Institutions are encouraged to change their business practices to begin providing written explanations for extensions to the requester in advance of October 1, 2018.

Data relating to written explanations will be collected beginning in October 2018. Guidance and interim reporting tools will be made available to institutions prior to October 1, 2018, on the [[Privacy Policy/Tools|Privacy Policy GCpedia site]]. ''NEED TO CONFIRM THIS''

Data relating to written explanations will be collected beginning in October 2018. Guidance and interim reporting tools will be made available to institutions prior to October 1, 2018.

==Meetings, Workshops and Presentations==  

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