The BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association sent an open letter today to Premier Gordon Campbell urging him to honor his committment to “open government” by rejecting a Finance Committee recommendation to cut 35 per cent from the budget of the Information and Privacy Commissioner. On December 19th, the Legislature’s Finance Committee recommended drastic […]

Attend Western Canada’s most important training conference on privacy legislation in the private sector and health care sector, “Understanding Privacy: New Laws, New Challenges.” March 11 & 12, 2002 at the Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, B.C

The 2001 Freedom of Information and Privacy Awards November 19, 2001 7:00 pm Ramada Inn 898 West Broadway Vancouver, B.C. 2001 SPONSORS: Arvay Finlay Barristers Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA) BC Coalition of People with Disabilities BC Library Association BC Teachers Federation Canadian Newspaper Association Canadian Taxpayers Federation David F. Sutherland & Associates […]

BC FIPA has released “Personal Health Information and the Right to Privacy in Canada: An overview of statutory, common law, voluntary and constitutional privacy protection”, a law reform report prepared by Susan Prosser of the BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre (BCPIAC). The report outlines the gaps in protection in existing provincial privacy laws, the disparity […]

BC FIPA along with the Canadian Mental Health Association (Alberta Division), the Alberta Medical Association, and United Nurses of Alberta has published a discussion paper on Alberta’s recently adopted Health Information Act (HIA). The paper, titled “Alberta’s Health Information Act and the Charter”, reviews the underpinnings of the right to privacy in Canada, the protection […]