Under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), express consent is not required when the personal information is publicly available as defined by the regulation. According to the regulations specifying publicly available information under PIPEDA, certain types of information, like that published in directories or records where the individual has provided the information for public dissemination, are excluded from the consent requirement. This provision is aimed at balancing the need for privacy protection with the practicalities of information that has been intentionally made public by the individual or by legal requirement. The other options listed (A, C, D) generally require express consent as they involve uses of personal information that either extend beyond what the individual would reasonably expect, or change the context in which the information was originally collected.