Under the Personal Information Protection Act, SBC 2003 c 63, employee personal information reasonably required to establish, manage or end the employment relationship may generally be collected, used and disclosed without consent, provided the employee is notified of the purposes first (ss. 13, 16 and 19).
BC employers may track employee performance data, but should give notice and keep the data secure.
Retaining performance data longer than needed, or using it for unrelated purposes, can breach PIPA.
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