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Criminal Record Checks

Function

Student Services and Records

PIB Number

PIB-091

Related RRSDA

Approval Date

14 Aug 2012

Location of PIB (Department)

  • Student Services

Types of Personal Information (PI) in the PIB

Name, address, telephone number, age, sex, place of birth, student number, driver's license number, educational history, criminal history.

Individuals included in the PIB

Students

Purposes for which PI collected, used and disclosed

Personal information is collected, used, and disclosed to fulfill the requirements of the Criminal Records Review Act. The Act requires students to consent to a CRRA Criminal Record Check before enrolling in courses with a practicum component that involves working with children or vulnerable adults. SFU must ensure that every student registered in such a course has undergone a CRRA Criminal Record Check.

Individuals using personal information or to whom it is disclosed

SFU Student Services staff, BC Ministry of Justice staff, SFU academic advisors and departmental secretaries, instructors, departmental chairs, and any organization or individual to which a student consents for his or her personal information to be disclosed.

Authorities for the Collection of the PI

  • Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (RSBC 1996, c. 165)