SFU Personal Information Bank (PIB)
Collections Officer's Files

Title of PIB

Collections Officer's Files

Location of PIB (Department)

Student Services

Types of personal information in the PIB

Student name, student number, address, educational information, and financial information.

Purpose for which personal information obtained / compiled and used / disclosed

Student Services collects, uses, and discloses the personal information contained in these records to administer the collection of student tuition fees when student accounts are past due. If a student fails to pay his or her tuition, Student Services will disclose the student's name, amount due, and address to a private, third party collection agency to collect the amount due on the University's behalf.

Individuals using personal information or to whom it is disclosed

Student Services uses and discloses the personal informationto the concerned student. When necessary, Student Services also discloses the personal information to a private, third party collection agency.

Individuals included in PIB

Students and organizations whose payments on money owed to the University are overdue.

Legal authority for the collection and use of personal information

The University Act (RSBC 1979, c. 419) .
Income Tax Act (RSC 1985, c. I-3.3).

Applicable Records Retention Schedule and Dispoal Authority (RRSDA)

RRSDA 1997-046

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