{"id":282,"date":"2021-03-11T17:30:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T22:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/the5rsonline\/?post_type=back-matter&#038;p=282"},"modified":"2021-04-18T12:16:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T16:16:40","slug":"fippa","status":"publish","type":"back-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/the5rsonline\/back-matter\/fippa\/","title":{"raw":"Freedom of Information of Protection of Privacy Act","rendered":"Freedom of Information of Protection of Privacy Act"},"content":{"raw":"[caption id=\"attachment_295\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-295\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/the5rsonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1286\/2021\/03\/franck-DoWZMPZ-M9s-unsplash-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/> Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@franckinjapan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Franck on Unsplash [website]<\/a>[\/caption]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oipc.bc.ca\/guidance-documents\/1466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BC\u2019s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) [website]<\/a> sets out the access and privacy rights of individuals as they relate to the public sector. FIPPA establishes an individual's right to access records in the custody or control of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\/civix\/document\/id\/complete\/statreg\/96165_07\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"PUBLIC BODY\" [website]<\/a>, including access to one's own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\/civix\/document\/id\/complete\/statreg\/96165_07\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"PERSONAL INFORMATION\" [website]<\/a>. In addition to establishing an individual's right to access records, FIPPA also sets out the terms under which a public body can collect, use and disclose the personal information of individuals. 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