Section 64 — Privacy Act: Disclosure authorized

The Privacy Commissioner may disclose or may authorize any person acting on behalf or under the direction of the Commissioner to disclose information that, in the opinion of the Commissioner, is necessary to carry out an investigation under this Act, or establish the grounds for findings and recommendations contained in any report under this Act; or in the course of a prosecution for an offence under this Act, a prosecution for an offence under section 131 of the Criminal Code (perjury) in respect of a statement made under this Act or a review before the Court under this Act or Part 1 of the Access to Information Act or an appeal from a review of that Court. The Privacy Commissioner may disclose to the Attorney General of Canada information relating to the commission of an offence against a law of Canada or a province by a director, an officer or an employee of a government institution if, in the Commissioner’s opinion, there is evidence of such an offence. The Privacy Commissioner may disclose or may authorize any person acting on behalf or under the direction of the Commissioner to disclose —

to the extent that the Commissioner or the authorized person, as the case may be, considers necessary for the purpose of subsection 37(5) — information concerning the Commissioner’s activities under subsection 37(1) to the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency.