Length of Time to Keep Applications

In accordance with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), which states that: "Information is used and/or disclosed for the purposes it is collected. Information is retained for a reasonable amount of time and destroyed when no longer of use for the purposes it is collected” and after consulting with the CPA accreditation panel, CCPPP has decided to propose the following with regard to the length of time agencies should keep files of intern applicants:

CCPPP recommends that, unless individual institutional guidelines and policies state otherwise, all applicant folders should be kept until the Match process has been completed, then all but the matched applicants' (incoming interns) folders should be shredded.