Privacy Policy
Request under the Privacy Act
Civil Fingerprinting Screening Services
In its day-to-day operations, federal government departments and
agencies collect personal information from almost all Canadians. The Privacy Act
gives Canadian citizens and people present in Canada the right to have
access to information that is held about them by the federal
government. It also protects against unauthorized disclosure of that
personal information. In addition, it strictly controls how the
government will collect, use, store, disclose and dispose.
You have the option of applying for a copy of your criminal record data base holding by making a request under the Privacy Act . This request is free of charge but the report will not provide you with a certified copy of a criminal record.
The CCRTIS report following such a request under the Privacy Act
is based on a fingerprint search. The report will contain a copy of the
National Repository data holding as it exists, but without fingerprint
images. It will contain only that information permitted to be disclosed
under federal law. It will not have the official RCMP embossment seal
and will be in a plain format only and is not designed for official
purposes. There is no obligation to share this information with a third
party; however, if you decide to share the information, be advised that
you may be sharing additional information to which a third party would
have no legal rights of access. The information could contain criminal
record information previously been rendered not "disclosable¡¡L due to a
pardon in accordance with the Criminal Records Act . It can also include criminal record information archived in accordance with either the
Youth Criminal Justice Act , the Young Offender Act or the Criminal Records Act.
