- Part X of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act: A Guide to Access and Privacy for Service Providers
- Download the Part X guide and other resources
- Terms used in this guide
- Introduction
- Does Part X of the CYFSA apply to you?
- Collection, use, and disclosure of personal information
- Consent and capacity
- Safeguarding and managing personal information
- Access to records of personal information
- Correction of records
- Offences and immunity
- Definitions
- FAQs
- Back to Guidance for organizations
Disclosure of personal information
In the course of providing services, you may sometimes need to disclose personal information. There is no definition of “disclose” in Part X. Generally, it means releasing or making the information available to another person or organization.
Note that sharing information with an officer, employee, consultant or agent of your own service provider is considered a use, and not a disclosure when it is for the purpose for which the information was collected, or for one of the other purposes set out in the “use” section of the legislation.43
When you are disclosing personal information, you need consent, unless Part X permits the disclosure without consent.