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A follow-up report has found the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) has taken meaningful steps to incorporat...

Commissioner McEvoy presents the 2022-23 OIPC Annual Report. Read on to watch a welcome video from the Commissioner o...

On March 9, 2023, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia (OIPC) hosted the OIPC ...

The investigation looked at a number of issues, including: whether consent to FRT was properly obtained from individu...

A preliminary review of the impact of BC’s application fee for freedom of information requests reveals limited paymen...

The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) has failed to address security and privacy vulnerabilities in BC’s Pr...

Commissioner McEvoy presents the 2021-22 OIPC Annual Report. Read on to watch a welcome video from the Commissioner o...

Information and Privacy Commissioner Michael McEvoy announced the launch of the OIPC Young Scholars Project today, on...

The OIPC continues to provide service to the public, public bodies, and private sector. To protect the health of our ...

Getting #PrivacyRight means respecting the trust that individuals place in organizations that collect, use or disclos...

This month, learn about the authority to collect, use, and disclose personal information. Explore our latest online t...

This month, learn about accountability and the benefits of implementing a privacy management program. We have several...

The secret’s out… privacy is good business. And to help you and your organization get on board, we are launching Priv...

You probably noticed a flurry of emails in your inbox over the past few weeks, as everything from social media apps t...

I am as surprised as anyone that email retention and deletion by government staff is again making news. These matters...

This year, as the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) mark Privacy Awareness Week, there couldn’t be a more impor...

How many times a day are you asked for your email, telephone number, postal code, or birth date? Probably more than y...

Let’s face it – protecting data in our digital society isn’t easy. Devices intended to improve our lives also collect...

Last week we released a tip sheet for public bodies managing requests for records, in conjunction with our audit repo...

Are you tempted by the potential benefits of cloud-computing? The option can be appealing, as the service often cuts ...

I recently spoke about the Internet of Things and Big Data at a healthcare summit in Vancouver. Well, let’s be honest...

Updated guidance is now available to physicians on privacy and security of patient records

A few weeks ago, my office and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC-Canada) co-hosted the 48th Asia ...

From September 25 to October 2 we are celebrating Right to Know week to raise awareness of our right to access govern...

The use of dash-cams by private sector organizations is, from any practical perspective, likely unlawful in BC.

I was invited to speak to this group because Selkirk College has been awarded a three-year federal grant to explore o...

今天拉开了我们庆祝知情权周的序幕，知情权周致力于在全球范围内促进信息自由。知情权运动于 2002 年起源于保加利亚，每年 9 月 28 日都有大约 40 个国家和 60 个非政府组织开展庆祝活动。

B.C.’s Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”) sets out how the province’s 380,000-plus private-sector “organiza...

This post is the first in a series of essays from students in Political Science 370, The Politics of Surveillance, a ...

每年五月初，世界各地的隐私保护专业人士都会庆祝隐私意识周 (PAW)。该活动由亚太地区隐私保护机构 (APPA) 于 2006 年发起，旨在促进和提高人们对众多隐私问题和信息保护重要性的认识，现已庆祝其十周年。

它们就像你自己的私人教练，而成本却很低。但是，多伦多大学研究人员的一项研究结果表明，健身追踪器这种流行的可穿戴设备在追踪我们的步数、卡路里、睡眠和其他数据的同时，也可能在追踪我们。

我们都有过这样的经历：可疑的电子邮件、骚扰电话或好得不真实的报价。从金字塔骗局到垃圾邮件发送者和骗子，加拿大人每年因电子欺诈损失数百万美元。

在我们这个复杂的数字时代，执法机构与科技公司之间的关系持续紧张。我不会低估国际恐怖主义带来的挑战，尤其是在最近世界各地发生袭击事件之后。但我不禁要问：什么才是对国家安全和执法机构监控活动的适当监督和监管？

马丁-艾布拉姆斯（Martin Abrams）报道 2015 年 12 月，欧洲数据保护监督员乔瓦尼-布塔雷利（Giovanni Buttarelli）发表了一份意见书，建议我们需要为大数据时代重新发明数据保护，不是要在原则上妥协，而...

From dog licences and parking tickets to property taxes and building permits, B.C.’s regional governments and municip...

数字经济不需要护照......不需要特殊签证。但有一个问题：不同的法律体系和关于隐私的文化规范使得信息的跨国界流动成为一项复杂的工作。

"自带设备 "或 BYOD 越来越受到许多私营企业的青睐。但是，如何在保护企业信息与客户和员工隐私权之间取得平衡是一项具有挑战性的工作，涉及政策、培训和技术解决方案。以下是一些可供参考的建议。

从会说话的玩偶到爸妈的迷你版手机、平板电脑和智能手表，本季商店货架上堆满了最新版的联网玩具。 随着数字技术的发展，市场上还会出现更多联网玩具。以下是一些保护家人隐私的小贴士。

我们都希望公共机构和企业能够保护其 IT 网络免受外部威胁，但那些可能发生在工作场所内部的威胁呢？软件工具可以提供一些保护，但也可能导致员工的个人信息被意外收集。

上周，我的办公室很荣幸地在温哥华主办了一场名为 "隐私与访问 20/20：隐私的未来 "的重要会议。 会议内容发人深省、及时且具有前瞻性。

13 日星期五，温哥华阴雨绵绵，不列颠哥伦比亚省信息与隐私专员 Elizabeth Denham 和儿童与青少年事务代表 Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond 在 "隐私与访问 20/20：隐私的未来 "会议上发布了他们关...

在八小时内完成所有工作并不总是可能的。有时，把工作带回家是不可避免的。但是，只要是在办公室之外访问个人信息，信息丢失或泄露的风险就会增加。公共机构和私营组织必须按照《信息自由和隐私保护法》（"FIPPA"）和《个人信息保护法》（"PI...

加拿大反垃圾邮件法（CASL）于 2014 年 7 月 1 日生效后，我们的电子邮件收件箱变得更容易管理了。但是，垃圾邮件仍然会进入电脑。这些不受欢迎的电子邮件不仅令人讨厌，还会向我们的收件箱发送恶意间谍软件，并危及我们的隐私。幸运的...

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On Nov. 12 and 13, the OIPC will host “Privacy and Access 20/20: The Future of Privacy" with our partner, Reboot Comm...

The Information and Privacy Commissioner receives hundreds of complaints and appeals from British Columbians each yea...

Every year I look forward to Right to Know week, because it gives us a chance to celebrate and acknowledge the value ...

知情权周的目的是提高我们对获取政府信息权利的认识。知情权周还提倡信息自由，将其作为民主和善政的基本要素。以下是有关知情权周的一些其他快讯：

This month, learn about accountability and the benefits of implementing a privacy management program. We have several...