What is the test for disclosing personal information to a third party?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Schober v. Tyson Creek Hydro Corporation, 2014 BCCA 12 (CanLII):

…As this court stated in Kitchenham v. AXA Insurance (Canada), 2008 ONCA 877, 94 O.R. (3d) 276, at para. 10, “the Rule exists to protect the privacy interest of the party compelled by the rules of disclosure to provide that information to another party to the litigation” [emphasis of Armstrong J.A.].

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