Some people have been asking for information on the Personal Information Protection Act. Per your request here it is...
Read more at www.pipa.gov.ab.ca/inde...
Some people have been asking for information on the Personal Information Protection Act. Per your request here it is...
Read more at www.pipa.gov.ab.ca/inde...
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Personal Information under the Personal Information Protection Act
http://www.pipa.gov.ab.ca/index.cfm?page=resources/PIPAbrochure.html
Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) sets out the ground rules for how private sector organizations may collect, use or disclose information about you.
The Act applies to organizations, including corporations, unincorporated associations, partnerships and individuals acting in a commercial capacity.
PIPA gives you the right to see, and ask for corrections to, personal information an organization may have about you. Contact the person responsible for handling privacy issues within the organization if you run into any difficulties obtaining your personal information. Send a written request, referencing the Personal Information Protection Act to the organization holding your personal information. Organizations must provide the information requested within 45 calendar days (unless an extension of time is warranted) and at a reasonable cost.
If you think an organization covered by the Act is not living up to its responsibilities under the law or if you are not satisfied with the organization’s response, you have the right to take the matter to the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta. There is no fee charged by the Commissioner’s office to review a matter.
The Commissioner, an independent officer of the Legislature, has the power to investigate your complaint and authorize mediation and negotiation to resolve disputes. The Commissioner may also initiate his own investigation or review how an organization handles personal information. The Commissioner can order an organization to release your personal information to you or correct inaccuracies. The Commissioner can order an organization to change its personal information practices.
For more information or to make a complaint, individuals may contact the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner at:
Suite 500, 640 - 5th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta T5P 3G4
Phone: (403) 297-2728
Toll free: 1-888-878-4044
E-mail: generalinfo@oipc.ab.ca
Web site: www.oipc.ab.ca
Can you please post the link to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissionner (OIPC) for ease of reference? It would assist those who, like myself, wish to make a complaint to the Commissionner's office for not having received a copy of my personal contact information from Rosalie.
The personal contact information was filled out upon enlisting her dayhome services. However, when I terminated the services with Aunt Rosalie's Dayhome, I requested a copy of my personal information (verbal and written), but did not receive it.
The matter is now being investigated by the OIPC.
Regards, ATM
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