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Commissioner Kosseim on "Leadership in the Digital Enterprise"

Commissioner Kosseim speaks with Jim Love about her role as commissioner, the meaning of leadership, current privacy issues, and earning the public’s trust.

Multimedia

- Published on Apr 6, 2023

Comments on Bill 60, Your Health Act, 2023

This letter to Goldie Ghamari, Chair of the Standing Committee on Social Policy, was intended to present the IPC’s views on how amendments to Bill 60 can better enhance transparency and privacy protections of Ontarians’ information with respect to the Integrated Community Health Services Centres Act

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- Published on Mar 28, 2023

The future of data privacy: A world beyond imagination, presented at the University of Toronto by Commissioner Patricia Kosseim, March 10, 2023

Commissioner Kosseim’s keynote speech at the University of Toronto about how artificial intelligence and neural technology challenge our right to privacy and in some ways, our right to be human.

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- Published on Mar 10, 2023

Privacy Day 2023: A positive diagnosis for privacy

On the occasion of Data Privacy Day 2023, our office hosted an event on the theme of Building Trust in Digital Health Care . Nearly three years of pandemic conditions, overburdened emergency rooms, sparse access to primary care, and an exhausted healthcare workforce have worn the country thin

Blog

- Published on Feb 1, 2023

Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario reveals insights from examination of fax privacy breaches at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) has concluded its review of the high number of privacy breaches at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton due to misdirected faxes. Misdirected faxes are the leading cause of unauthorized disclosure of personal health information in...

News Release

- Published on Jan 17, 2023

IPC Privacy Day Event

Event - January 27, 2023, 8:30am - 11am
Resources mentioned in the video Resources from the event: IPC Strategic Priorities (1:22) Info Matters podcast — Putting patient trust at the centre of virtual health (3:42) Securing Public Trust in Digital Healthcare (6:42) How to Protect Against Ransomware (12:54) Info Matters podcast — From the

Giving Ontario’s youth a seat at the table

Every January 1, my family and I take turns going around the dinner table revealing our new year’s resolutions. Typically, these are well-intended aspirations to try and improve ourselves and the world around us in some small way. We write them out on a piece of paper and discuss how we will hold

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- Published on Jan 12, 2023

2022: We listened, we learned, we did things

Covering my fridge at home are various photos of the kids when they were little, endless lists of things to do, upcoming appointments, random recipes, and important phone numbers. You’ll also find inspiring quotes I’ve cut and pasted over the years as reminders of the most important things in life

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- Published on Dec 21, 2022

The new kid on the block: IPC is on the ‘gram

After careful deliberation, the IPC recently decided to launch its own Instagram account as a new way of connecting with Ontario’s children and youth to teach them about privacy risks and how to protect themselves online. Our creative comms team has already started posting quick tips about privacy

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- Published on Nov 29, 2022

IPC co-led resolution on facial recognition is adopted by Global Privacy Assembly

Artificial intelligence and facial recognition technology were front and centre at the 44th Global Privacy Assembly (GPA). As part of the GPA’s International Enforcement Cooperation Working Group, the IPC co-led the development of a resolution on principles and expectations for the appropriate use...

News Release

- Published on Nov 4, 2022