B.C. Reg. 132/2026, deposited July 17, 2026, under the PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT [section 58]. Order in Council 332/2026, approved and ordered July 17, 2026.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective August 1, 2027, the Personal Information Protection Act Regulations, B.C. Reg. 473/2003, are amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— N. SHARMA, Attorney General and Deputy Premier; J. OSBORNE, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Schedule

1 The Personal Information Protection Act Regulations, B.C. Reg. 473/2003, are amended by adding the following section:

Request for correction of personal information – credit reporting agency

7 (1) For the purposes of section 24.1 (2) of the Act, the prescribed time within which a credit reporting agency must comply with section 24.1 (3) or (4) of the Act after receiving a request by an individual under section 24.1 (1) of the Act for the correction of personal information is 45 days.

(2) In addition to the requirements under section 24.1 (3) and (4) of the Act, a credit reporting agency, in responding to a request from an individual under section 24.1 (1) of the Act for the correction of personal information, must do the following:

(a) use its best efforts to check the accuracy and completeness of the information;

(b) within 45 days after receiving the request, report to the individual in writing respecting

(i) the correction of the information under section 24.1 (3) (a) of the Act, or

(ii) the annotation of the information under section 24.1 (4) of the Act.

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