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Responsibilities and Rights

Everyone associated with Kwantlen Polytechnic University needs to have a basic understanding of FIPPA, including employees, students, outside service providers and members of the public (all of whom may provide,
collect, use or be asked to disclose private information) in their dealings with the university, in order to:

• Manage requests for information in compliance with Kwantlen policy and the legislation, i.e.: when notified of a request, employees must not destroy any responsive records.
• Protect the privacy of students and employees.
• Know what rights you have to access and correct records Kwantlen may have about you.
• Manage student and employee records in departments, i.e. to retain an individual’s information for at least one year if it is used to make a decision that directly affects the individual.
• Give the public access to Kwantlen records following FIPPA's informal and formal request procedures.
• Resolve complaints about possible unauthorized collection, use or disclosure of an individual's personal information and inform them of their right to make a complaint with the BC Office of Information and Privacy Commissioner.