Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

In this Info Matters retrospective, Commissioner Patricia Kosseim highlights key discussions from season four, from youth privacy and AI in health care to facial recognition use by police, cyber attacks in the health care sector, and information sharing in situations involving Intimate Partner Violence.

Check out the latest episode here.

On Data Privacy Day, the IPC hosted a dynamic panel discussion featuring privacy experts from the public and private sectors, academia, and law. Panelists examined how privacy-enhancing technologies can tackle today’s most pressing data challenges and the practical steps organizations — large and small — can take to adopt them.

The IPC is actively investigating the PowerSchool cyberattack affecting Ontario schools. Commissioner Kosseim emphasizes the need for stronger accountability measures to protect student data.