Mr. David Loukidelis at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On November 29th, 2006. See this statement in context.

November 29th, 2006 / 4:45 p.m.

Commissioner, Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia

I have two quick points in response.

If the information is aggregated payroll, it is almost certainly not information about an identifiable individual, so it's not caught as personal information. It is therefore not covered by PIPA.

Our PIPA also has a special set of rules around the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information for the purpose of enrolling somebody as a beneficiary in a benefit plan or for something like group life insurance.

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