POPA Resources

Resources for Albertans

Overview of Alberta’s Protection of Privacy Act

The target audience for this course are Albertans who are interested in learning more about the Protection of Privacy Act (POPA).

For this course, Chrome or Edge browsers are recommended. A desktop computer will provide the best user experience to complete the courses.

Take the Overview of Alberta’s Protection of Privacy Act course

Disclaimer

• The content in these training materials belong to the Government of Alberta (GoA) and is meant for instructional purposes only.
• The content is subject to change at any time without notice.
• Viewers are not authorized to copy, modify, publish, translate, adapt, otherwise alter, or distribute the content without explicit permission.
• The GoA is not liable for any errors or omissions in the information and will not under any circumstances be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or other loss, injury or damage caused by its use or otherwise arising from the use of these materials.

Fact sheets

• Protection of Privacy Act – For Albertans
• Protection of Privacy Act Regulations – For Albertans

Forms

• Request to Correct Personal Information form

Help and guidance

• Protection of Privacy (POPA)
• Find a Privacy Officer
• Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta

Resources for public bodies

Protection of Privacy Act for Public Bodies

The target audience for this course are employees working in public bodies in Alberta. It is also available to any individual who would like to learn more about the Protection of Privacy Act.

For this course, Chrome or Edge browsers are recommended. A desktop computer will provide the best user experience to complete the courses.

Take the Protection of Privacy Act for Public Bodies course

Disclaimer

• The content in these training materials belong to the Government of Alberta (GoA) and is meant for instructional purposes only.
• The content is subject to change at any time without notice.
• Viewers are not authorized to copy, modify, publish, translate, adapt, otherwise alter, or distribute the content without explicit permission.
• The GoA is not liable for any errors or omissions in the information and will not under any circumstances be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or other loss, injury or damage caused by its use or otherwise arising from the use of these materials.

Guide

• Protection of Privacy Act – Guide

Fact sheets

• Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems
• Collection Notice
• Common or Integrated Program or Service
• Creation and Use of Non-Personal Data
• Data Matching and Data Derived from Personal Information
• Delegation under the Protection of Privacy Act
  • POPA Delegation Table – Template
• Disclosures of Non-Personal Data
• Key differences between the POPA and the FOIP Act
• Privacy Impact Assessments
• Privacy Incident Notifications
• Privacy Incident Response
• Privacy Management Program
• Request for Correction of Personal Information
• Table of Concordance – Protection of Privacy Act