Nova Scotia


OVERVIEW	Nova Scotia enacted the Personal Information International Disclosure Protection Act and Regulations to control the flow of information from Canada to the United States or other third countries. This is primarily aimed at the USA PATRIOT Act.
ENACTED	2006
GENERAL PRIVACY LAWS	Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (and Privacy Review Officer Act) and Regulations Part XX of the Municipal Government Act and Regulations Personal Information International Disclosure Protection Act and Regulations
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION LAWS AND REGULATIONS	Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (1993)
TYPE OF DATA PROTECTED	Personal Information.
WORKPLACE PRIVACY LAWS	N/A
TRANSBORDER TRANSFERS	Nova Scotia enacted the Personal Information International Disclosure Protection Act and Regulations to control the flow of information from Canada to the United States or other third countries.
FINES AND SANCTIONS	Every director, officer or employee of a public body, other than a service provider or an employee or an associate of the service provider, who maliciously discloses personal information in contravention of this Act or the regulations is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months, or both,
OTHER PRIVACY LAWS AND REGULATIONS	N/A