Please note that we are republishing our previous article on Privacy Guidelines for Strata Corporations as the Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner has updated their Strata Guide, linked below.
We have previously written on Access to Records requests that Strata Corporations routinely face. All Strata Corporation records are subject to various pieces of legislation, most notably the Strata Property Act (SPA) itself. However, SPA is subservient to other provincial and federal legislation such as the Personal Information Protection Act and PIPA overrides SPA in a variety of circumstances.
The Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) has recently updated their guidelines for Strata Corporations. In their words:
These guidelines will help strata corporations and strata agents in discharging their duties under the Strata Property Act (“SPA”) in a manner that respects the privacy of owners and tenants under the B.C. Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”) and promotes transparency in the operation of strata corporations.
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