Privacy: What you need to know

Privacy: What you need to knowElizabeth DenhamInformation and Privacy Commissioner for B.C.

Professional Investigators’ Association of B.C.October 26, 2013

1. Overview of PIPA2. The future of privacy enforcement

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (1993)

2,900 “public bodies”

Personal Information Protection Act (2004)

300,000 “organizations”

Facial Recognition Technology

Automated Licence PlateRecognition (ALPR)

BC Services Card

Public education and outreach

Who does PIPA apply to?

300,000 “organizations” in B.C. including:

Corporations Charities Retailers Not-for-profits Political parties

What is “personal information” ?

"personal information" means information about an identifiable individual and includes employee personal information but does not include (a) contact information (b) work product information

When can I collect, use, disclose?

Collect personal information directly from the individual with their consent

Collect only the amount and type of personal information you need

Collect, use and disclose information only for “reasonable” purposes

Personal Information Protection Act, sections 10(1), 11, 14, 17

Investigations and surveillance

PIPA permits collection of personal information

without consent in limited and specific

circumstances

2. The future of privacy enforcement

Accountability.

Getting Accountability Right with a Privacy Management Program

Accountability in the public sector

A new guidance document that reflects the unique needs of the public sector in British Columbia.

First steps

Next steps

Plan ImplementAudit

www.oipc.bc.ca @BCInfoPrivacy