The Information and Privacy Commissioner is mandated by the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) to publish an annual report, which is tabled as a public document in the BC Legislature.
The annual report describes the successes and challenges of the previous year, and provides statistics on the casework completed by our Office. The report also describes our public education and outreach activities, and our overall approach to enforcement of BC's access and privacy laws.
The following annual reports are available in PDF format. Contact us if you would like to request a paper copy of our most recent annual report, or if you are looking for annual reports published prior to 2006.
British Columbia’s Public Interest Disclosure Act (PIDA) came into force on December 1, 2019. The Act requires public bodies in British Columbia to report on investigations into wrongdoing started under the Act, the number of disclosures made internally, and the number of disclosures received by the Office of the Ombudsperson.
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner and the Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists have not had any investigations or disclosures under PIDA between December 1, 2019 and March 31, 2020.
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2021-22 Annual Report
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Fairness, transparency, and accountability are among
our democracy’s most important values. Our laws... more
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2020-21 Annual Report
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During the last fiscal year, the spread of COVID-19 continued to strongly impact both our internal o... more
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2019-2020 Annual Report
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I am pleased to present the 2019-20 annual report
for the Office of the Information and Privacy
Comm... more
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2018-2019 Annual Report
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The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner’s Annual Report to the legislative assembly c... more
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2017-2018 Annual Report
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I am pleased to present our 2017-18 annual report,
my first as British Columbia’s Information and Pr... more
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2016-2017 Annual Report
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As Acting Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC, I am pleased to present our 2016-17 annual re... more
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2015-2016 Annual Report
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When I came to this Office in 2010, I set out many
goals for myself and my staff. I wanted to build ... more
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2014-2015 Annual Report
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When I was appointed Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia in 2010, emerging tec... more
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2013-2014 Annual Report
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The 2013-14 fiscal year saw access to information and privacy issues increasingly discussed and
deba... more
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2012-2013 Annual Report
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The year 2013 marks the 20th anniversary of the enactment of B.C.’s Freedom of Information and
Prote... more
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2011-2012 Annual Report
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On May 22, 1992, the government of the day introduced Bill 50, the Freedom of Information and
Protec... more
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2010-2011 Annual Report
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There has been a remarkable consistency in the number of requests for review and
complaints made to ... more
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2009-2010 Annual Report
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The 5,972 files we closed in fiscal year 2009-10 represent an 8% increase over
last year. Our caselo... more
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2008-2009 Annual Report
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The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act guarantees ordinary citizens the
right of a... more
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2006-2007 Annual Report
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Another year has slipped away since unanimous Legislative Assembly review
committee recommendations ... more
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2005-2006 Annual Report
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Thinking it would be my last, I used last year’s annual report message as an
opportunity to look bac... more
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2004-2005 Annual Report
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It has been a privilege to spend the last six years promoting transparent and accountable government... more
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2003-2004 Annual Report
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This has been a notable year on a number of fronts. Significant new responsibilities came our way at... more
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2002-2003 Annual Report
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The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (“Act”) came into force ten
years ago on Oc... more
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