The Canadian Association of Professional Access and Privacy Administrators (CAPAPA) is a national non-profit professional development and public interest advocacy organization.

CAPAPA serves Canada's information access and privacy professionals from all sectors including industry, government, law enforcement, education and academia.
Founded in 2006, with members from coast to coast in the private, public, and government sectors, CAPAPA is run by a volunteer board of access and privacy professionals.

CAPAPA plays a cornerstone role in Canada’s privacy and access landscape, and has made landmark advances in establishing accreditation standards and professional certification of information access and privacy professionals in Canada.

As Canada's premier NGO association of government recognized and publicly accessible privacy and access professionals, CAPAPA provides relevant and timely information, and promotes discussion and action on relevant issues across Canada.

As the voice of privacy and access in Canada, CAPAPA plays a pivotal role in ensuring the independent autonomy of Canada’s access and privacy professionals to administer Canadian privacy legislation, while directly and independently addressing the needs of industry, the public and private sectors.

As CAPAPA continues to grow in numbers, as well as in prominence and visibility among access and privacy professionals in Canada and abroad, we will continue to be a keystone resource for those interested in and affected by emerging issues in access and privacy legislation.

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L’Association canadienne des administrateurs professionnels de l’accès à l’information et de la protection des renseignements personnels (ACAPAP), est un centre canadien sans but lucrative pour l’expertise et l’excellence en accès à l’information et en protection de la vie privée.  
À titre de porte parole canadien pour l’accès et la vie privée, l’ACAPAP parle pour ses membres qui proviennent des secteurs publics, privés et des organismes gouvernementaux de partout au Canada.

Étant une association nationale canadienne, l’ACAPAP est composée d’un comité exécutif et de représentants régionaux.  L’ACAPAP a développé des relations de travail solides avec les différents niveaux de gouvernements, permettant la communication au niveau local des préoccupations portant sur l’accès et la vie privée.