Last reviewed in December 2017 by Clicklaw Editors

In general, personal information means information about a person or, information that allows a person to be identified. Information can be personal information even if your name is not included, so long as the information would allow you to be identified. 

In BC, employee personal information is a sub-category of personal information. Employee personal information is personal information about an individual that is collected, used or disclosed solely for the purposes reasonably required to establish, manage or terminate an employment relationship between the organization and that individual, but does not include personal information that is not about an individual’s employment.

Good starting points include:

• Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy, from People's Law School, explains how to ask for information, how long it might take to get a response, and what you can do if the information is incorrect.
• Your FOI and Privacy Rights, from the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association, is a website that includes a page on "How to Request Your Personal Records".

Need more help?

Call the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia if you have questions on BC's privacy and access laws.

See our related common questions:

• My personal records have been disclosed without my consent
• See all common questions about privacy & access to information

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privacy rights, requesting your personal records, BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association (FIPA)