IM/IT Privacy and Legislation Branch


The IM/IT Privacy and Legislation Branch provides leadership, support and services to ministries and other public bodies to assist them in complying with their privacy and access obligations. In its leadership role the branch also provides central agency comment and direction on information management and privacy matters in legislative, program and systems development initiatives and co-ordinates systems designed to manage and facilitate Freedom Of Information (FOI) requests and privacy responsibilities.

The branch is responsible for the following pieces of legislation: Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPP Act); Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA); Electronic Transactions Act; Document Disposal Act; and, all policy, standards and directives that flow from them and monitors other legislation which is the responsibility of the Ministry of Labour and Citizens’ Services.

For more information on the services provided by the branch, please see the Privacy and FOI section of our website.

Contact Information

Phone:
250-356-6228
Fax:
250-953-0455
Email:
Mailing Address:
PO Box 9499, STN PROV GOVT,
Victoria BC, V8W 9N9

Detailed contact information for the IM/IT Privacy and Legislation Branch.