Use of Police Information Checks in British Columbia
This report examines the increasing use of employment-related record checks, specifically what are known as police information checks.
Type: Investigation Report
Date: 4/15/2014 12:00:00 AM
By: Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Thompson Rivers University
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner initiated and conducted a proceeding to determine whether an applicant’s use of FIPPA amounted to an abuse of process and, if it did, what ... more
Date: 6/12/2025 12:00:00 AM
Public Body: Thompson Rivers University
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority's duty to assist
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) conducted this audit of the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority’s (VCH) Freedom of Information (FOI) program under s. 42(1)(a) of FIPPA. ... more
Date: 9/10/2024 12:00:00 AM
Public Body: Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
The Board of Education of School District No. 75 (Mission)
In 2004, the Board began requiring applicants for teaching positions to complete an on-line assessment developed and administered in the United States. The collection of personal information through ... more
Date: 6/26/2007 12:00:00 AM
Public Body: The Board of Education of School District No. 75 (Mission)
Review of private liquor and cannabis retailers
Private sector liquor and cannabis retailers are tasked with collecting our personal information. And for good reason. They need to verify age by checking a driver’s license, they capture video using ... more
Date: 6/22/2021 12:00:00 AM
Public Body: private liquor and cannabis retailers
2004-2005 Annual Report
It has been a privilege to spend the last six years promoting transparent and accountable government and privacy protection in both the public and private sectors and I am grateful for the ... more
Type: Budget, Annual Report & Service Plan
Date: 6/20/2005 12:00:00 AM
2008-2009 Annual Report
The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act guarantees ordinary citizens the
right of access to most information (anything recorded in print or electronic form) in the
hands of the more ... more
Type: Budget, Annual Report & Service Plan
Date: 6/20/2009 12:00:00 AM
2010-2011 Annual Report
There has been a remarkable consistency in the number of requests for review and
complaints made to our office in recent years under the two laws we oversee,
the Freedom of Information and Protection ... more
Type: Budget, Annual Report & Service Plan
Date: 6/20/2011 12:00:00 AM