Personal Information and Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) may apply to situations involving which group of employees?

Personal Information and Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) may apply to situations involving which group of employees?

• A. Federally-regulated employees
• B. Unregulated workers
• C. Public sector employees
• D. Provincially-regulated employees

Answer: (D)

PIPEDA governs how private-sector organizations handle personal information, including records about employees. It does not apply to government bodies or their employees, which fall under the federal Privacy Act or provincial government privacy laws. It also doesn’t apply to federally regulated employers, since they’re covered by the Privacy Act at the federal level. Provincially regulated employers sit in the private sector within a province, and PIPEDA may apply to their employee records unless the province has a private-sector privacy law that is “substantially similar” to PIPEDA (in which case the provincial law applies instead). That’s why provincially-regulated employees are the group for whom PIPEDA can apply.

PIPEDA governs how private-sector organizations handle personal information, including records about employees. It does not apply to government bodies or their employees, which fall under the federal Privacy Act or provincial government privacy laws. It also doesn’t apply to federally regulated employers, since they’re covered by the Privacy Act at the federal level. Provincially regulated employers sit in the private sector within a province, and PIPEDA may apply to their employee records unless the province has a private-sector privacy law that is “substantially similar” to PIPEDA (in which case the provincial law applies instead). That’s why provincially-regulated employees are the group for whom PIPEDA can apply.