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 in Canada handle personal information in the course of commercial activities, and it also covers federally regulated private-sector entities such as banks, airlines, and telecoms. This means employee personal data collected by these private-sector organizations is subject to PIPEDA. It does not apply to the public sector, including provincially regulated public bodies or municipal agencies, which fall under provincial privacy laws or the federal Privacy Act for federal public administration. International corporations may encounter PIPEDA when they operate in Canada in the private sector, but the focus here is the sector that falls under PIPEDA’s private-sector coverage, specifically the federally regulated private sector.