Balancing privacy with access to information for commercial fisheries data: a critical review of fisheries and oceans canada’s “rule of five” policy

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Canada, bordered by the Pacific, Arctic, and Atlantic oceans, features the largest area of coastal waters in the world (Hutchings 2016). The public interest in fisheries data can be outweighed by privacy protections for private, commercial interests that render the data inaccessible outside of DFO through the "rule of five." As a government institution, DFO has legal obligations under Canada`s Privacy Act and Access to Information Act, and it uses the "rule of five" to meet them. The discussion proceeds by providing an overview of the "rule of five," followed by a summary . . .

 



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