News Items tag as: Office of Information and Privacy Commissioner

BC Jehovah's Witness churches lose bid to withhold former members' records, again
January 13, 2024 - 7:00 PM

Two BC Interior Jehovah's Witness churches continued their attempts to block former members from seeing the records the churches have on them.
BC landlord snooped on tenant, ordered to turn CCTV cameras off
June 14, 2023 - 6:00 PM

A BC landlord who used surveillance camera footage of a tenant in an attempt to evict them has been ordered to remove the cameras and delete all of the tenant's personal information.
Will surveillance cameras help Kamloops schools in eliminating threats?
September 28, 2019 - 7:00 AM

KAMLOOPS - After a recent string of threats made to different Kamloops schools, school board officials have been considering how to prevent future incidents of a similar kind.
Kelowna runs afoul of privacy commissioner over Freedom of Information fees
May 30, 2018 - 6:00 PM

KELOWNA - Trying to charge a citizen for providing them with their own personal information has earned Kelowna a slap-down from the provincial privacy commission.
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Leaky sewage system nets another fine for South Okanagan development
A South Okanagan developer was hit with another fine for its leaky sewage system, this time for $158,000. The sewage system was recently taken over by the regional district, but that didn't stop the province from handing down its third

BC Jehovah's Witness churches lose bid to withhold former members' records, again