disclosed under the access and privacy legislation because of the potential injury to particular public or private interests. Protected C (Extremely Sensitive protected information): designates extremely sensitive information, which if compromised, could reasonably be expected to cause extremely grave injury outside the national interest. Examples include bankruptcy, identities of informants in criminal investigations, etc. Protected B (Particularly Sensitive protected information): designates information that could cause severe injury or damage to the people or group involved if it was released. Examples include medical records, annual personnel performance reviews, income tax returns, etc. Protected A (Low-Sensitive protected information): designates low sensitivity information that should not be disclosed to the public without authorization and could reasonably be expected to cause injury or embarrassment outside the national interest. Example of Protected A information include employee identification number, pay deposit banking information, etc. Federal Cabinet (Queen's Privy Council for Canada) papers are either protected (e.g., overhead slides prepared to make presentations to Cabinet) or classified (e.g., draft legislation, certain memos). People's Republic of China The Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China (which is not operative in the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau) makes it a crime to release a state secret. Regulation and enforcement is carried out by the National Administration for the Protection of State Secrets. Under the 1989 "Law on Guarding State Secrets", state secrets are defined as those that concern: Major policy decisions on state affairs The building of national defence and in the activities of the armed forces Diplomatic activities and in activities related to foreign countries and those to be maintained as commitments to foreign countries National economic and social development Science and technology Activities for preserving state security and the investigation of criminal offences Any other matters classified as "state secrets" by the national State Secrets Bureau Secrets can be classified into three categories: Top Secret (), defined as "vital state secrets whose disclosure would cause extremely serious harm to state security and national interests" Highly Secret (), defined as "important state secrets whose disclosure would cause serious harm to state security and national interests" Secret (), defined as "ordinary state secrets whose disclosure would cause harm to state security and national interests" France In France, classified information is defined by article 413-9 of the Penal Code. The three levels of military classification are (Very Secret Defence): Information deemed extremely harmful to national defence,