What kind of information can WorkSafeBC disclose about a firm or business?
Generally, WorkSafeBC is required to release information about a firm or business in response to a request. The FIPPA requires WorkSafeBC not to disclose confidential business information. However, to be considered confidential business information, the following criteria must be met: • The information must be supplied implicitly or explicitly in confidence • The disclosure must reasonably be expected to significantly harm the competitive position of the third party History In 1994, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) reviewed a decision by WorkSafeBC to refuse to disclose information related to specifically named companies. WorkSafeBC refused to disclose the information because it considered it to be confidential business information. In the order issued by the OIPC, (Order 1994-22), subsequently upheld by the British Columbia Supreme Court, the IPC held that information that was derived or created by WorkSafeBC did not meet the criteria established by the FI
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