PIPEDA applies to employee personal information in which sector?

• A. Federally regulated private sector
• B. Provincially regulated public sector
• C. Municipal government agencies
• D. International corporations

Answer: (A)

PIPEDA governs how private-sector organizations handle personal information in commercial activities across Canada. When an employer is federally regulated—such as banks, airlines, telecommunications, and interprovincial transportation—PIPEDA applies to the collection, use, and disclosure of employee personal information, because these are under federal jurisdiction. In provinces that have their own private-sector privacy laws, those laws typically apply instead to provincially regulated private employers, so PIPEDA doesn’t cover them. Public sector at the provincial or municipal level is governed by separate privacy statutes, not PIPEDA. International corporations may be subject to PIPEDA if they operate in Canada and process personal information in a commercial context, but the sector focus in this question is the federally regulated private sector.