Privacy Impact Assessment summaries

The Government of Canada is committed to privacy and the protection of personal information used in the course of providing programs and services to the public.

The Directive on Privacy Impact Assessment is one of several tools designed to meet this commitment. This directive was implemented to assure Canadians that privacy principles are being taken into account both when there are proposals for, and during the design, implementation and evolution of programs and services that raise privacy issues.

A Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is a project-based assessment which assists government departments and agencies in evaluating the effects of program and service delivery on individual privacy to ensure the protection of personal information.

The PIA Directive makes it mandatory to document, publish and maintain a PIA for all federal programs and services that may have an impact on privacy rights.

The following are summaries of PIAs which have been completed by Citizenship and Immigration Canada:

• Biometrics Field Trial
• C-14 Adoption
• e-Client Application Status (e-CAS)
• e-Application
• e-Services
• Electronic Validation of Citizenship Information with Federal Government Institutions
• Enhancing Effectiveness and Efficiency: The Medical Surveillance Program for Tuberculosis in Ontario (MSP-TB)
• Four Country Conference High Value Data Sharing Protocol
• Global Case Management System (GCMS)
• Global Case Management System (GCMS) Phase II
• Global Visa Application Centre Network
• Immigration–Contribution Accountability Measurement System (iCAMS)
• Immigration-Contribution Accountability Measurement System (iCAMS) - Tracking of Overseas Orientation Session Graduates
• Immigration Medical Examiners Quality Assurance Information Sharing Memorandum of Understanding
• Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) Claims Administration Services for Health Management Branch, Citizenship & Immigration Canada (CIC)
• Mexico Visa Application Centres (VACs)
• Provincial/Territorial Enhanced Driver’s Licence and Enhanced Identification Card Program
• Regulatory Amendments to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program
• Settlement Outcomes Survey
• Statement of Mutual Understanding on Information Sharing
• Temporary Resident Application
• Temporary Resident Biometrics Project (TRBP)