Get ready for the new FOIPOP Act.
Bill 150 received Royal Assent in October 2025 and consolidates four statutes into a single, modernized access & privacy framework. The new Act comes into force April 1, 2027 — giving public bodies, municipalities, and villages real time to prepare. The work to do that well starts now.
What's actually changing
A side-by-side of the operational shifts under Bill 150.
Six priorities for transition
Where to focus your Bill 150 readiness work.
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Know your obligations
Read Bill 150 closely; track regulations and OIPC guidance as they're released.
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Stand up a PIA program
PIAs become mandatory before new programs that involve personal information.
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Build breach response
Define a notification workflow tied to the significant-risk-of-harm trigger.
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Audit cross-border data flows
Map where personal information lives. Plan for data residency and access controls.
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Prepare your people
Train ATI Coordinators; engage municipalities and villages now.
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Modernize intake & tracking
Move from paper and email to a system that handles business-day timelines and audit trails.
End-to-end access & privacy management for Nova Scotia public bodies.
Receive, route, track, redact, and respond — inside Microsoft 365, with Azure storage in your own tenant for cross-border control, full bilingual support, and audit-ready reporting.
Centralized intake
One auditable queue across every channel.
Automated workflows
Standardize routing and approvals.
Deadline management
Track 30-business-day clocks; flag risk early.
Records & redaction
Linked records, versioned decisions.
Reporting & insight
Statutory submissions, audit-ready.
Security & residency
Role-based access; your data, your tenant, in Canada.
Why early preparation matters
April 2027 sounds far away. The work to be ready isn't.
- Complete a gap analysis against Bill 150's new obligations and forthcoming regulations.
- Inventory personal information holdings — what you collect, where it lives, who can access it.
- Stand up a PIA workflow with a designated privacy lead, intake form, and review cadence.
- Develop breach response procedures aligned to the significant-risk-of-harm trigger.
- Audit cross-border data flows and plan for in-Canada residency where required.
- Train staff and ATI Coordinators; brief municipalities and villages on new obligations.
- Pilot the end-to-end process with practice requests and review scenarios.
Why teams choose AccessPoint
Built for the public sector
Designed around Canadian access & privacy law and government realities.
Familiar by design
Lives inside Microsoft 365 and Teams.
Data stays in Canada
Azure storage in your tenant — built for cross-border requirements.