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1.0 Prairie Bible Institute’s Privacy Policy 1.1 Scope 1. Prairie Bible Institute employees, including
contractors, students and volunteers providing services on behalf
of Prairie Bible Institute; 1.2 Legislative Requirements The Personal Information Privacy Act (PIPA) (“the Act”) protects the personal information of the public and employees of private sector organizations operating in Alberta. It governs the collection, use and disclosure of personal information by organizations in a manner that recognizes and balances the right of an individual to have his or her personal information protected, and the need of an organization to collect, use or disclose personal information for purposes that are reasonable. Prairie Bible Institute is bound by the requirements of this Act and collects, uses or discloses personal information in accordance with its provisions. 1.3 Privacy Principles Prairie Bible Institute is committed to protecting the privacy of individual employees, students, guardians, alumni, donors and friends. To that end, Prairie Bible Institute is implementing a privacy program to meet the following privacy goals: • Accountability Prairie Bible Institute is responsible for protecting the confidentiality of personal information in its custody or under its control in compliance with the applicable federal or provincial legislation. Prairie Bible Institute has identified and designated a Privacy Officer to be responsible for implementing the privacy program and ensuring compliance with legislation. • Openness Prairie Bible Institute develops and follows privacy and security policies and practices that are compliant with legislation. Such policies and practices are publicly available. • Collection and Consent Prairie Bible Institute collects personal information only for reasonable purposes and with the consent of the individual or authorized representative, except where otherwise authorized by legislation. • Identifying Purposes Prairie Bible Institute identifies the purposes for which personal information is collected. • Limited Use, Disclosure and Retention Prairie Bible Institute uses, discloses and retains personal information for purposes consistent with the purpose for which it was collected. Use and disclosure for other purposes is by consent of the individual or as authorized by legislation. • Accuracy Prairie Bible Institute makes all reasonable efforts to ensure that personal information collected, used or disclosed by or on behalf of Prairie Bible Institute is accurate and complete. • Safeguards Prairie Bible Institute protects personal information in its custody or control by deploying security measures and practices to prevent unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification, disposal or destruction. • Right of Access Individuals have the right to access information about them at Prairie Bible Institute, subject only to limited and specific exceptions. Individuals who believe there is an error or omission in the personal information have a right to request correction or amendment of the information. • Compliance Challenges Individuals are encouraged to bring any concerns or issues regarding privacy at Prairie Bible Institute to the Privacy Officer for discussion and response. Individuals may appeal to the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta to review or investigate Prairie Bible Institute’s right of access or correction responses, or any policies or practices they feel are not in compliance with legislative requirements. |
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