Legislative Submissions

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The Commissioner prepares written submissions to special committees of the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary bodies on issues or legislation that have an impact on the privacy and access rights of British Columbians.

Year

Order	Date	Title	Summary
	Apr 6, 2022	Submission to the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act	Submission to the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy A... more Submission to the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
	Feb 3, 2022	General briefing for the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act	The general briefing that follows is intended to provide the Special Committee to Review the Freedom... more The general briefing that follows is intended to provide the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act with a foundation as it considers recommendations for BC’s public sector access and privacy law. It will be supplemented by a more detailed and targeted package of recommendations that will be submitted later during your consultations.
	Feb 23, 2021	Supplemental submission to the Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act	This submission supplements my Office’s September 16, 2020 submission on modernizing British Columbi... more This submission supplements my Office’s September 16, 2020 submission on modernizing British Columbia’s private sector privacy law, the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA).1 It recognizes that the federal government has since introduced legislation that would replace the federal private sector privacy law, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), with the new Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA).
	Sep 16, 2020	Submission to the Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act	This is the third time my office has participated in a statutory review of PIPA since its inception ... more This is the third time my office has participated in a statutory review of PIPA since its inception 20 years ago. Although the two previous reviews led to some very sound recommendations, government’s persistent failure to act has left previous Special Committees’ efforts lying dormant.
	Jun 2, 2020	General briefing for the Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act	The time to reform BC’s private sector privacy law is now. BC needs to clarify, strengthen, and enha... more The time to reform BC’s private sector privacy law is now. BC needs to clarify, strengthen, and enhance privacy protection to meet citizens’ expectations of personal information privacy in a new all-encompassing digital environment.
	Mar 16, 2016	OIPC Response to Stakeholder Recommendations to the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act	The work of the Special Committee, appointed on May 27, 2015, to conduct the 40th Parliament’s statu... more The work of the Special Committee, appointed on May 27, 2015, to conduct the 40th Parliament’s statutory review of the Freedom of Information and Protection ofPrivacyAct(”FIPPA”), has generated intense interest and engagement. For more than two decades, FIPPA has been the foundation of the right to access to information and the protection of privacy in British Columbia. This review presents a timely opportunity to carefully examine the Act and consider how it can be improved to make government more accountable and better protect personal privacy.
	Nov 18, 2015	Submission to the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act	This report makes 20 recommendations for reform of B.C.'s public sector access to information and pr... more This report makes 20 recommendations for reform of B.C.'s public sector access to information and privacy law. Presented to the Special Committee on November 18, 2015.
	Nov 26, 2014	Submission to the Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act	The Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”) is a balanced and effective law that protects the p... more The Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”) is a balanced and effective law that protects the personal information of individuals while at the same time recognizes the tight of organizations to collect, use and disclose such information.
	Jun 3, 2014	Follow-up letter to the Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act	I am writing as a follow-up to my presentation to the Special Committee to Review the Personal Infor... more I am writing as a follow-up to my presentation to the Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”) on May 28, 2014, to provide responses to three questions posed by a member of the Committee.
	May 28, 2014	General Briefing for the Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act	This document provides the Committee with a brief history of private sector privacy law and a discus... more This document provides the Committee with a brief history of private sector privacy law and a discussion of the current challenges to its effectiveness due to technological change and online security risks. It then gives a general overview of PIPA and the experience to date of the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (“OIPC”) in overseeing compliance with PIPA. The last section of the document is a brief discussion of key reform considerations that would improve the ability of the Commissioner to exercise effective oversight and enhance the transparency of disclosures of personal information.
	Jun 7, 2012	Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Study: Privacy and Social Media	This submission presents an overview of British Columbia’s privacy oversight model, a review of rece... more This submission presents an overview of British Columbia’s privacy oversight model, a review of recent investigative work related to social media and the ways in which Canada’s privacy laws are meeting the challenges posed by this new media.
	Apr 12, 2011	Bill C-30 – An Act to Enact the Investigating and Preventing Criminal Electronic Communications Act and to Amend the Criminal Code and Other Acts	No summary available.
	Mar 15, 2010	Submission of the A/Information and Privacy Commissioner to the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act	No summary available.
	Mar 3, 2008	Submission of the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia	No summary available.
	Nov 29, 2006	Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics: Statutory Review of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act	No summary available
	Feb 5, 2004	Submission of the Information and Privacy Commissioner to the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act	No summary available.
	Feb 17, 2003	Submission on a National Identity Card	This submission addresses privacy issues raised by the proposal of The Honourable Denis Coderre, Min... more This submission addresses privacy issues raised by the proposal of The Honourable Denis Coderre, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration for a national identity card.
	Dec 16, 2002	Comments on the Government of Canada's 2002 'lawful access' consultation document	This letter comments on the 'lawful access' consultation document of the Department of Justice, Indu... more This letter comments on the 'lawful access' consultation document of the Department of Justice, Industry Canada and the Solicitor General of Canada.

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