Province of British Columbia
40th Parliament – 2014
Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act
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Parliamentary Committees Office

Role (Plant, B.) 1:0905-0910 (Sourial, S.) 1:0905-0910
Paternity testing See DNA testing and paternity testing under Reproduction
Patriot Act (U.S.) See United States
Personal information privacy See Privacy
Personal Information Protection Act

Amendments (Christopher, D.) 4:1015 (Denham, E.) 3:0910, 3:0920-0930 (Gogolek, V.) 4:0925-0935, 4:0945 (Hardy, A.) 4:1325-1330 (Heyman) 4:0945 (Plater, S.) 2:0945 (Routley, D.) 4:0955
Amendments, need for federal review (Bernier) 2:1015 (Heyman) 2:1015 (Plater, S.) 2:1015
Amendments, stakeholder consultation (Plater, S.) 2:0955, 2:1015
Application See also Legislation, application under Privacy
(Plater, S.) 2:0920
Development of legislation (Plater, S.) 2:0915, 2:0935, 2:0955
History and review (Sourial, S.) 1:0905
Provisions on issues See also particular subject areas
Provisions, "reasonable person" standard (Heyman) 2:0950 (Plater, S.) 2:0955
Purpose and scope (Denham, E.) 3:0910 (Hardy, A.) 4:1330-1335 (Plater, S.) 2:0910, 2:0940
Reforms See Amendments above under this main heading
Relationship to federal privacy legislation (Bernier) 2:1015 (Denham, E.) 3:0950 (Heyman) 2:0950, 3:0950 (Plater, S.) 2:0945, 2:0955, 2:1015
Relationship to Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act See Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Relationship to other privacy legislation (Denham, E.) 3:1025 (Plater, S.) 2:0910-0920
Review committee See Personal Information Protection Act, Special Committee to Review the
Support for legislation (Plater, S.) 2:0920
Training and supports for organizations (Plater, S.) 2:0950, 2:1010
Personal Information Protection Act, Special Committee to Review the

Briefings, proposal (Bernier) 1:0910 (Sourial, S.) 1:0910
Business plan (Bernier) 2:0905
Election of Chair and Deputy Chair (Barnett) 1:0900 (Bernier) 1:0900 (Hammell) 1:0900 (Sourial, S.) 1:0900
Information and support (Hammell) 1:0910 (Plant, B.) 1:0905-0910 (Routley, D.) 1:0910 (Sourial, S.) 1:0905-0910
Letter from civil liberties association See British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
Meeting schedule (Bernier) 2:1020
Motions See Motions and resolutions
Public consultation (Bernier) 4:0920
Recommendations (Bernier) 2:1015 (Heyman) 2:1015
Report and recommendations in 2008 (Bernier) 2:1015-1020 (Denham, E.) 3:0920, 3:0940, 3:1025 (Gibson) 2:1015 (Gogolek, V.) 4:0925 (Hammell) 1:0910 (Heyman) 1:0910, 2:0950, 3:0940-0945 (Hunt) 1:0905-0910 (Plater, S.) 2:0945, 2:0955, 2:1015 (Sourial, S.) 1:0905-0910
Work of committee (Bernier) 1:0905-0915, 4:0920 (Denham, E.) 3:0905 (Routley, D.) 1:0910 (Sourial, S.) 1:0905-0915
Work of committee, timeline (Bernier) 1:0905 (Sourial, S.) 1:0905
Written submissions (Heyman) 4:1345-1350 (Sourial, S.) 4:1350
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (federal)

Amendments (Denham, E.) 3:0925 (Gogolek, V.) 4:0925-0930 (Heyman) 2:0950 (Plater, S.) 2:0945, 2:0955
Development of legislation (Plater, S.) 2:0915
Relationship to provincial privacy legislation (Bernier) 2:1015 (Heyman) 2:0950 (Plater, S.) 2:0915-0920, 2:0945, 2:0955, 2:1015
Scope (Plater, S.) 2:0910-0915, 2:0955
Peters, Ron

Comments on privacy issues (Christopher, D.) 4:1015
PGT See Public Guardian and Trustee
PIPA See Personal Information Protection Act
PIPEDA See Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (federal)
Plant, Byron

As subject
role as committee research analyst 1:0905 (Sourial, S.) 1:0905
Parliamentary Committees Office
role 1:0905-0910
Personal Information Protection Act Review Committee
information and support 1:0905-0910
Plater, Sharon

Briefing to committee on behalf of Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services Ministry 2:0910-1015
B.C. Civil Liberties Association
letter to committee 2:1015
Business
contractors 2:0925
mergers and sales of businesses 2:0930, 2:0945
Chief information officer
role 2:0955
website information 2:0950
Digital Privacy Act (federal)
provisions and status of bill 2:0945, 2:0955
Europe
European Union data protection directive 2:0915
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
provisions 2:1005
scope 2:0910
Information and Privacy Commissioner
investigation of privacy complaints 2:0940, 2:1010
powers and role 2:0915, 2:0940-0945, 2:1005-1010
public education and outreach activities 2:1005
Legislation
"reasonable person" standard 2:0950-0955
Mental health
mentally ill persons, personal information 2:1010
Ontario
privacy legislation 2:1010-1015
Personal Information Protection Act
amendments 2:0945
amendments, need for federal review 2:1015
amendments, stakeholder consultation 2:0955, 2:1015
application 2:0920
development of legislation 2:0915, 2:0935, 2:0955
provisions, "reasonable person" standard 2:0955
purpose and scope 2:0910, 2:0940
relationship to federal privacy legislation 2:0945, 2:0955, 2:1015
relationship to other privacy legislation 2:0910-0920
support for legislation 2:0920
training and supports for organizations 2:0950, 2:1010
Personal Information Protection Act Review Committee
report and recommendations in 2008 2:0945, 2:0955, 2:1015
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (federal)
amendments 2:0945, 2:0955
development of legislation 2:0915
relationship to provincial privacy legislation 2:0915-0920, 2:0945, 2:0955, 2:1015
scope 2:0910-0915, 2:0955
Police and policing
coverage by privacy legislation 2:1010-1015
Privacy
breaches 2:0945-0950
breaches, recourse 2:1010
collection and use of personal information 2:0925-0935, 2:0945-0950
consent 2:0925-0935, 2:0945
openness and transparency 2:0935
purpose 2:0925
commissioners, powers 2:0915, 2:0945
legislation 2:1000
application to information on opinions 2:0955
constitutional issues 2:0945-0950
current issues 2:0945
development and history 2:0910-0915
jurisdictional comparisons 2:0910-0920
national approach 2:0955
private, public and non-profit sectors 2:0910-0915
provincial legislation 2:0955
"reasonable person" standard 2:1010
stakeholder consultation and support 2:0915-0920
personal information
access 2:0935-0940, 2:1000
accuracy and correction 2:0935-0940
definition 2:0920
permitted disclosure 2:1010
retention of information 2:0935
privacy complaint process 2:0940-0945, 2:1010
privacy officers 2:0920-0925
protection of personal information
accountability 2:0920-0925
compliance and enforcement 2:0940-0945
guidelines and requirements 2:0910, 2:0920-0945
personal responsibility 2:1000
security measures and need-to-know principle 2:0935
vulnerable persons 2:1010
whistle-blower protection 2:0945, 2:1005
public information and education
accessibility and plain language 2:1005
education and outreach 2:1005
requests for personal information
frivolous or vexatious requests 2:1000
role of information and communications technology 2:1000
Supreme Court of Canada
ruling on Alberta privacy legislation 2:0945
Workers
employee and work product information, privacy issues 2:0915-0920, 2:0930, 2:0945
Police and policing

Coverage by privacy legislation (Hunt) 2:1005 (Jones, D.) 4:1135 (Plater, S.) 2:1010-1015
Police access to personal information without a warrant See Disclosure of personal information, warrantless disclosure under Privacy
Politics and politicians

Political parties, compliance with privacy legislation (Denham, E.) 3:1025 (Routley, D.) 3:1025
Privacy

Anonymity concept and online comments (Bing) 4:0950 (Gogolek, V.) 4:0950
Breaches
breaches (Plater, S.) 2:0945-0950
cases (Denham, E.) 3:0920
complaints and investigation See Privacy complaint and investigation process below under this main heading; Investigation of privacy breaches and complaints under Information and Privacy Commissioner
hacking of online information (Bing) 3:0950 (Denham, E.) 3:0955 (Hunt) 3:1005
health information (Denham, E.) 3:0920, 3:0945
impact on business and economy (Denham, E.) 3:0910, 3:0920-0925, 3:1025 (Routley, D.) 3:1020-1025
mandatory and voluntary reporting (Bing) 3:0950 (Denham, E.) 3:0910, 3:0920-0925, 3:0940-1000, 3:1025 (Heyman) 3:0940-0945 (McEvoy, M.) 3:0945 (Routley, D.) 3:1020-1025
mandatory and voluntary reporting, threshold for reporting (Denham, E.) 3:1005 (Hunt) 3:1005
notification requirements (Gogolek, V.) 4:0925-0930 (Hardy, A.) 4:1330
recourse (Bing) 2:1010 (Plater, S.) 2:1010
recourse and personal impacts (Routley, D.) 3:0930-0935
studies (Denham, E.) 3:0945
Collection and use of personal information See also Personal information; Protection of personal information; Requests for personal information below under this main heading
collection and use (Plater, S.) 2:0925-0935, 2:0945-0950
collection of information by household devices See Role of information and communications technology below under this main heading
consent (Bernier) 4:1020 (Gogolek, V.) 4:1000 (Olson, S.) 4:1045 (Plater, S.) 2:0925-0935, 2:0945 (Routley, D.) 4:0955
consent and legal documents or forms (Bing) 4:1025 (Christopher, D.) 4:1020-1025 (Gibson) 4:0940, 4:1020, 4:1345 (Gogolek, V.) 4:0940
consent, minors issues (Heyman) 4:1345
creation of algorithms (Gogolek, V.) 4:0935-0940 (Heyman) 4:1000
driver's licence information See Driver's licences under Automobiles
employee information See Workers
openness and transparency (Plater, S.) 2:0935
phone appending and data cleansing companies (Gibson) 4:0945 (Gogolek, V.) 4:0945
private sector contracted agencies (Gogolek, V.) 4:0930-0935, 4:0945 (Heyman) 4:0945-0950
private sector contracted agencies, storage of data outside B.C. and tokenization issue (Gogolek, V.) 4:0955 (Routley, D.) 4:0955
purpose (Plater, S.) 2:0925
telecommunications companies (Christopher, D.) 4:1005
video recordings See Video recordings below under this main heading
Commissioner See Information and Privacy Commissioner
Commissioners, powers (Plater, S.) 2:0915, 2:0945
Compliance and enforcement
compliance and enforcement (Denham, E.) 3:0915, 3:0945, 3:1025 (Heyman) 3:0945 (McEvoy, M.) 3:0945 (Plater, S.) 2:0940-0945
interjurisdictional issues (Bing) 3:0950 (Denham, E.) 3:0950-0955
orders (Denham, E.) 3:0925, 3:0940, 3:0955 (Hunt) 3:0935-0940
Disclosure of personal information
disclosure in cases of suspected financial abuse or fraud (Hardy, A.) 4:1325-1330
disclosure re employment relationships (Bernier) 4:1330-1335 (Gibson) 4:1330-1335 (Hardy, A.) 4:1325-1335 (Heyman) 4:1335
disclosure to government agencies or law enforcement See warrantless disclosure below under this subheading
disclosure to non-governmental agencies and notification requirements (Christopher, D.) 4:1010, 4:1020 (Routley, D.) 4:1020
disclosure to specified persons in cases of deceased individuals (Hardy, A.) 4:1325
permitted disclosure (Hunt) 2:1010 (Plater, S.) 2:1010
warrantless disclosure (Christopher, D.) 4:1005-1015 (Denham, E.) 3:0930-0935, 3:0950 (Gogolek, V.) 4:0925-0930, 4:0940 (Heyman) 3:0950, 4:1015 (Routley, D.) 3:0935, 4:0955
Legislation See also Digital Privacy Act (federal); Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act (federal); particular jurisdictions and legislation; Personal Information Protection Act; Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (federal); Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act (federal)
application to cybercrime See Crime and criminals
application to DNA testing See Reproduction
application to information on opinions (Heyman) 2:0950 (Plater, S.) 2:0955
application to police See Police and policing
application to private investigators See Private investigators
application to private sector (Gogolek, V.) 4:0930-0935, 4:0945, 4:0955 (Heyman) 4:0945-0950 (Routley, D.) 4:0955
application to public and non-profit sectors (Routley, D.) 3:1020-1025
application to public sector (Denham, E.) 3:1015, 3:1025 (Heyman) 3:1010
balance between interests of privacy and business (Denham, E.) 3:0910
balance between interests of privacy and public safety (Denham, E.) 3:0935
balance between interests of small and large businesses (Denham, E.) 3:1000, 3:1025 (Routley, D.) 3:0955
constitutional issues (Gogolek, V.) 4:0930 (Plater, S.) 2:0945-0950
current issues (Denham, E.) 3:0905 (Plater, S.) 2:0945
definition of "source of information available to the public" (Hardy, A.) 4:1330-1335 (Routley, D.) 4:1335
development and history (Plater, S.) 2:0910-0915
guidelines and standards (Hardy, A.) 4:1325
harmonization (Bing) 4:1340 (Denham, E.) 3:0925, 3:1005 (Hardy, A.) 4:1340 (Hunt) 3:1005 (McEvoy, M.) 3:1015 (Routley, D.) 3:0955
impact on business and economy (Denham, E.) 3:0910
jurisdictional comparisons (Plater, S.) 2:0910-0920
legislation (Plater, S.) 2:1000
national approach (Gibson) 2:0955 (Plater, S.) 2:0955
other jurisdictions (Denham, E.) 3:0945 (Heyman) 3:0945
private, public and non-profit sectors (Plater, S.) 2:0910-0915
provincial legislation See also particular provinces
(Plater, S.) 2:0955
"reasonable person" standard (Hardy, A.) 4:1325 (Hunt) 2:1005-1010 (Plater, S.) 2:1010
review committee See Personal Information Protection Act, Special Committee to Review the
stakeholder consultation and support (Plater, S.) 2:0915-0920
Media coverage of issues (Denham, E.) 3:0905
Personal information See also Collection and use of personal information; Protection of personal information; Requests for personal information under this main heading
access (Gibson) 2:1005 (Plater, S.) 2:0935-0940, 2:1000
access by terms and conditions in contracts See Collection and use of personal information, consent and legal documents or forms above under this main heading
accuracy and correction (Plater, S.) 2:0935-0940
definition (Plater, S.) 2:0920
opinions, coverage by privacy legislation See Legislation, application above under this main heading
retention of information (Plater, S.) 2:0935
Privacy complaint and investigation process
frivolous and vexatious complaints (McEvoy, M.) 3:0940
process (Plater, S.) 2:0940-0945, 2:1010
role of Privacy Commissioner See Investigation of privacy breaches and complaints under Information and Privacy Commissioner
Privacy officers (Plater, S.) 2:0920-0925
Protection of personal information
accountability (Plater, S.) 2:0920-0925
compliance and enforcement See Compliance and enforcement above under this main heading
guidelines and requirements (Plater, S.) 2:0910, 2:0920-0945
personal responsibility (Plater, S.) 2:1000
privacy breaches See Breaches above under this main heading
protection (Christopher, D.) 4:1000-1015
role of information and communications technology See Role of information and communications technology below under this main heading
security measures and need-to-know principle (Plater, S.) 2:0935
vulnerable persons (Hunt) 2:1005-1010 (Plater, S.) 2:1010
whistle-blower protection (Gibson) 2:1005 (Plater, S.) 2:0945, 2:1005
Public awareness and concerns (Denham, E.) 3:0905-0910, 3:0925, 3:1000 (Routley, D.) 3:0955-1000
Public information and education
accessibility and plain language (Gibson) 2:1000-1005 (Plater, S.) 2:1005
document on privacy management programs (Denham, E.) 3:0915
education and outreach (Denham, E.) 3:0915, 3:1000 (Plater, S.) 2:1005
Requests for personal information
frivolous or vexatious requests (Gibson) 2:1000 (Plater, S.) 2:1000
requests by government agencies or law enforcement See Disclosure of personal information, warrantless disclosure above under this main heading
Right to privacy (Routley, D.) 3:0930
Role of information and communications technology
collection of information by household devices (Gogolek, V.) 4:0935 (Routley, D.) 4:0955
hacking See Breaches, hacking of online information above under this main heading
role (Bing) 2:1010 (Denham, E.) 3:0905, 3:0915, 3:0940-0945 (Gibson) 2:1000 (Plater, S.) 2:1000
transborder data flows (Denham, E.) 3:1015 (Heyman) 3:1015
Video recordings, recording of persons crossing picket lines (Gogolek, V.) 4:0925, 4:0950-0955 (Hunt) 4:0950
Privacy Commissioner See Information and Privacy Commissioner
Private investigators

Investigations and privacy issues (Gibson) 4:1145-1150 (Heyman) 4:1155 (Hryb, T.) 4:1150 (Jones, D.) 4:1135-1200 (Routley, D.) 4:1155-1200
Licencing and qualifications (Bing) 4:1200 (Hryb, T.) 4:1200-1205 (Jones, D.) 4:1140-1150, 4:1200
Private Investigators Association of British Columbia

Briefing to committee (Hryb, T.) 4:1150, 4:1200-1205 (Jones, D.) 4:1135-1205
Private sector

Privacy legislation See Legislation under Privacy
Protect Our Privacy Coalition

Work of coalition (Christopher, D.) 4:1000
Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act (federal)

Relationship to provincial privacy legislation (Christopher, D.) 4:1005 (Denham, E.) 3:0950 (Gogolek, V.) 4:0930 (Heyman) 3:0950
Public Accounts, Select Standing Committee on

Review of Auditor General reports (Heyman) 1:0910
Public Guardian and Trustee

Handling of financial abuse cases (Hardy, A.) 4:1325
Public sector

Privacy legislation See Legislation under Privacy

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