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Under FIPPA, you may not be able to get certain records, such as Cabinet records, someone else’s personal information, court files, current work files of the Auditor General or Ombudsman, or certain information if its release or disclosure would harm private business interests. You may also not be able to see information if its disclosure would harm a law enforcement matter, or harm people or public safety. | Under FIPPA, you may not be able to get certain records, such as Cabinet records, someone else’s personal information, court files, current work files of the Auditor General or Ombudsman, or certain information if its release or disclosure would harm private business interests. You may also not be able to see information if its disclosure would harm a law enforcement matter, or harm people or public safety. | ||
What can you do if your request for information is refused? | ==What can you do if your request for information is refused?== | ||
If a public body or private organization refuses your request, or if you’re not satisfied with its response, you can ask BC’s Information and Privacy Commissioner to review the response. There’s a time limit of 30 business days to make this request to the Commissioner. The Commissioner is an independent officer of the provincial Legislature who reviews the decision and can order a public body or private organization to release information that FIPPA or PIPA gives you the right to see. See the website for the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner at [http://www.oipc.bc.ca www.oipc.bc.ca] for how to ask for a review. | |||
==What if an organization’s personal information about you is wrong?== | ==What if an organization’s personal information about you is wrong?== | ||