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Comments on a regulatory proposal to establish administrative monetary penalties under the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA)

Letter to the Ontario Ministry of Health describing the IPC’s support for both the maximum amounts for administrative penalties that the commissioner can order, as well as the criteria that the commissioner must consider when levying such penalties as part of order-making power under PHIPA.
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- Published on Jul 7, 2023

Bookending my year as the IPC’s first Scholar-in-Residence

Guest blog by Teresa Scassa From September 2022 until the end of June 2023, I had the privilege of being the first Scholar-in-Residence at the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC). My goal was to learn more about privacy and access issues from a regulator’s perspective

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- Published on Jun 29, 2023

Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner urges government to put guardrails around public sector use of AI technologies

TORONTO, ON (June 7, 2023) – Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Patricia Kosseim , is calling on the Ontario government to put in place a robust framework to govern the public sector’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The recommendation is included in the 2022 annual...

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- Published on Jun 7, 2023

Keynote panel remarks by the Commissioner at the IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium, May 26, 2023

"Privacy and Humanity on the Brink – One Year Later"

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- Published on Jun 7, 2023

Joint statement by the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario and the Ontario Human Rights Commission on the use of AI technologies

TORONTO, May 25, 2023 - The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) and the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) recognize their complementary mandates to uphold the fundamental worth and dignity of Ontarians by promoting, protecting, and advancing their human rights, including their...

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- Published on May 25, 2023

Comments on Schedule 2 of Bill 102, Strengthening Safety and Modernizing Justice Act, 2023

This letter to Goldie Ghamari, Chair of the Standing Committee on Justice Policy, was intended to present the IPC’s privacy-related comments and recommended amendments to Schedule 2 of Bill 102, which, if passed, would expand the regulation-making authority under the Coroners Act , 1990 .
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- Published on May 18, 2023

Comments on Schedule 1 of Bill 102, Strengthening Safety and Modernizing Justice Act, 2023

This letter to Goldie Ghamari, Chair of the Standing Committee on Justice Policy, was intended to present the IPC’s privacy-related comments and recommendations on Schedule 1 of Bill 102, in relation to proposed amendments to the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 (CSPA) . The legislative
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- Published on May 18, 2023

Let the sunshine in! Showcasing the benefits of government transparency

Last fall, my office issued a Transparency Challenge . We called on Ontario’s public institutions to share their best and brightest projects or programs that demonstrate a real commitment to government transparency and show how open data can have tangible benefits for the day to day lives of

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- Published on May 18, 2023

IPC Transparency Showcase sheds light on open government projects

TORONTO, ON (May 11, 2023) – Ontario’s public institutions have risen to the challenge, sharing their best and brightest projects to shine a light on the benefits of government transparency and open data. Today, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) unveiled the...

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- Published on May 11, 2023

Submission on Bill 79, the Working for Workers Act, 2023

This letter to Ernie Hardeman, Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, recommends the Committee to withdraw Schedules 4, 6 and 7 from Bill 79 to give the Ministry additional time to clarify significant ambiguities and address our privacy-related comments in a more holistic
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- Published on Apr 20, 2023