The Association

Association of Information Access and Privacy Professionals (AAPI) was founded in response to the desire expressed by access to information and privacy officials and practitioners to set up a community of practitioners and, to this end, to share their knowledge, know-how and experience acquired in these fields within Quebec's public administration organizations.

For more than 30 years, the AAPI has been helping its members to adapt their practices to changing legislation. Notably, in 2020, the AAPI was quick to recognize the importance of the amendments proposed by Bill 64 (An Act to modernize legislative provisions respecting the protection of personal information) for private companies of all sizes and Quebec public bodies in various sectors of activity.

Today, Quebec's public administration bodies and private companies will have to implement new legislative provisions concerning personal information and privacy rights, as set out in Bill 25. In this context of change, ATIP professionals will have to support the implementation of the new provisions within their organizations. Thanks to the expertise of its team of practitioners, AAPI will be deploying various services and tools to support its members in meeting the challenges of implementing these changes.
 

History

Association of Information Access and Privacy Professionals (AAPI) was founded on May 7, 1991, under Part III of the Quebec Companies Act. The 25th anniversary was an opportunity for the Association to further affirm the importance of its raison d'être: its members. The AAPI therefore opted for the name Association des professionnels en accès à l'information et en protection de la vie privée, a name more representative of its mission and objectives. The well-known acronym AAPI is still in use.

Some 30 years later, the Association is more relevant than ever, and in tune with the needs of its members in an age when information has a particularly strategic value.