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Section 39 - Use of personal information

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39(1) A public body may use personal information only

(a) for the purpose for which the information was collected or compiled or for a use consistent with that purpose,

(b) if the individual the information is about has identified the information and consented, in the prescribed manner, to the use, or

(c) for a purpose for which that information may be disclosed to that public body under section 40, 42 or section 43.

(2) Despite subsection (1), but subject to subsection (3), a post-secondary educational body may use personal information in its alumni records for the purpose of its own fund-raising activities.

(3) A post-secondary educational body must, when requested to do so by an individual, discontinue using that individual's personal information under subsection (2).

(4) A public body may use personal information only to the extent necessary to enable the public body to carry out its purpose in a reasonable manner.

1994 cF-18.5 s37;1999 c23 s24

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