26 May 2010
1.1 Scope
- Pacific Life Bible College employees, including contractors, students and volunteers providing services on behalf of Pacific Life Bible College;
- 2. Any personal information that identifies an individual, in whatever form or medium (paper, digital, audio-visual, graphic) created or received in the course of carrying out Pacific Life Bible College’s mandated functions and activities, and;
- All facilities and equipment required to collect, manipulate, transport, transmit, or keep Pacific Life Bible College information.
1.2 Legislative Requirements
The Personal Information Privacy Act (PIPA) (“the Act”) protects the personal information of the public and employees of private sector organizations operating in British Columbia. It governs the collection, use and disclosure of personal information by organizations in a manner that recognizes and balances the right of an individual to have his or her personal information protected, and the need of an organization to collect, use or disclose personal information for purposes that are reasonable.
Pacific Life Bible College is bound by the requirements of this Act and collects, uses or discloses personal information in accordance with its provisions.
1.3 Privacy Principles
Pacific Life Bible College is committed to protecting the privacy of individual employees, students, guardians, alumni, donors and friends. To that end, Pacific Life Bible College is implementing a privacy program to meet the following privacy goals:
Accountability
Pacific Life Bible College is responsible for protecting the confidentiality of personal information in its custody or under its control in compliance with the applicable federal or provincial legislation.
Pacific Life Bible College has identified and designated a Privacy Officer to be responsible for implementing the privacy program and ensuring compliance with legislation.
Openness
Pacific Life Bible College develops and follows privacy and security policies and practices that are compliant with legislation. Such policies and practices are publicly available.
Collection and Consent
Pacific Life Bible College collects personal information only for reasonable purposes and with the consent of the individual or authorized representative, except where otherwise authorized by legislation.
Identifying Purposes
Pacific Life Bible College identifies the purposes for which personal information is collected.
Limited Use, Disclosure and Retention
Pacific Life Bible College uses, discloses and retains personal information for purposes consistent with the purpose for which it was collected. Use and disclosure for other purposes is by consent of the individual or as authorized by legislation.
Accuracy
Pacific Life Bible College makes all reasonable efforts to ensure that personal information collected, used or disclosed by or on behalf of Pacific Life Bible College is accurate and complete.
Safeguards
Pacific Life Bible College protects personal information in its custody or control by deploying security measures and practices to prevent unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification, disposal or destruction.
Right of Access
Individuals have the right to access information about them at Pacific Life Bible College, subject only to limited and specific exceptions. Individuals who believe there is an error or omission in the personal information have a right to request correction or amendment of the information.
Compliance Challenges
Individuals are encouraged to bring any concerns or issues regarding privacy at Pacific Life Bible College to the Privacy Officer for discussion and response. Individuals may appeal to the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia to review or investigate Pacific Life Bible College’s right of access or correction responses, or any policies or practices they feel are not in compliance with legislative requirements.
