10 ~ Wednesday, Nov. 4, 1992 - North Shore News

N. Van. District considers

NORTH VANCOUVER District
is considering the implications of
formulating either a policy or a
bylaw that would provide public
access to information and protec-
tion of privacy.

Staff are presently recommen-
ding that any new policy should
be brought into effect by
guidelines rather than with a
bylaw to ‘provide more flexibility

for the district in the implementa-
tion of the procedures’’ and to
“reduce the risks of legal liabili-
ty.’

The intent of the new policy
would be to recognize and endorse
the provision of access to records
in the custody of the district and
to the protection of persenal
privacy by:

® giving the public right of access

NORTH VANCOUVER
DISTRICT COUNCIL

to records;

@ giving individuals a right of
access 10, and a right to request
correction of, personal informa-
tion about themselves;

© specifying limited exceptions to
the rights of access;

unauthorized
disclosure of
by the

© preventing the
collection, use or
personal information
district.

The proposed policy is not in-
tended to limit access (Oo non-
personal information that is avail-
able to the public.

Staff say that proceeding with a
policy based on the B.C. provin-
cial government's Freedom of In-

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info access policy

formation and Protection of
Privacy Legislation (Bill 50) is
consistent with the direction given
by the province to its ministries:
they are to disclose information as
if the act were in force.

The district’s Corporate Services
Standing Committee voted Oct. 26
to circulate the staff report to cit-
izens and ratepayers’ groups for
comment.

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