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What is a Record?
The Act, FIPPA, defines "Record" as follows:
"Any record of information however recorded, whether in printed form, on film, by electronic means or otherwise, and including but not limited to: correspondence; a memorandum; a book; a plan; a map; a drawing; a diagram; a pictorial or graphic work; a photograph; a film; a microfilm; a sound recording; a videotape; a machine-readable record; any other documentary material regardless of physical form or characteristics, and any copy thereof."
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