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Protection of Privacy regime: MO 2025_TI002 + OIC 2025/193

In Q2 2025, the Ministry of Technology & Innovation issued a Ministerial Order (2025_TI002) establishing the Protection of Privacy (Ministerial) Regulation for high-sensitivity standards in public bodies, followed days later by an OIC (202…

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Updated

OIC 2025/193: The Lieutenant Governor in Council makes the new Protection of Privacy Regulation, which defines terms, sets requirements for consent (including electronic and oral), outlines conditions for disclosure for audit purposes, and specifies requirements for researcher agreements under the Protection of Privacy Act.

What changed

  • MO 2025_TI002: The Ministerial Order makes the Protection of Privacy (Ministerial) Regulation, which establishes province-wide standards for public bodies regarding high-sensitivity information, security classification, privacy managem
  • OIC 2025/193: The Lieutenant Governor in Council makes the new Protection of Privacy Regulation, which defines terms, sets requirements for consent (including electronic and oral), outlines conditions for disclosure for audit purposes

Why it matters

  • In Q2 2025, the Ministry of Technology & Innovation issued a Ministerial Order (2025_TI002) establishing the Protection of Privacy (Ministerial) Regulation for high-sensitivity standards in public bodies, followed days later by an OIC (2025/193) enacting the province-wide Protection of Privacy Regulation defining terms and consent requirements. These structural actions, sharing 'protection' and 'privacy' keywords, form a coordinated update to Alberta's privacy framework for public bodies. The unrelated routine OIC on Alberta Enterprise Corporation board reappointments (2025/120) does not connect to this pattern.

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