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What Students Need to Know: High School Teachers’ Guides

Understanding why access to government-held information and the protection of privacy are important public values will prepare students to become active participants in our democratic society. To assist teachers in meeting the Ministry of Education’s curriculum expectations, we created two resource...

Published on Sep 14, 2015

A New Look for PHIPA Decisions

Today we posted PHIPA Decision 15, under the Personal Health Information Protection Act. It provides a glimpse at a new look and a slightly different process that we will follow when dealing with health-related matters. We will be publishing an expanded range of PHIPA decisions, to provide more...

Published on Sep 3, 2015

Recommendations on Police Street Checks

In a submission to the Honourable Yasir Naqvi, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, the Commissioner offers recommendations on the practice of police street checks. These recommendations respond directly to questions posed in the Ministry’s Ontario Proposed Regulation for Street...

Published on Sep 1, 2015

Schools in Ontario Can Request Student Immunization Records

A school’s right to request student vaccination records is the focus of a recent Globe & Mail article. Children’s health card numbers and immunization histories are their personal information, and so parents may question if this kind of request is an invasion of privacy. In fact, schools in Ontario...

Published on Aug 31, 2015

IPC Finds No Wrongdoing by TDSB Staff or Trustees

In a recent appeal by a Toronto Star journalist seeking trustee expense audit documents from the Toronto District School Board, we found that a lack of clarity about the records requested and a failure to follow internal procedures led to problems in how the board responded to the request. These...

Published on Aug 19, 2015

Letter to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Proposes MFIPPA Amendment

In a letter to the Honourable Ted McMeekin, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, the Commissioner applauds the ministry for engaging the public and other stakeholders in its review of Ontario’s municipal legislation. Recognizing this process as an opportunity to improve accountability and...

Published on Aug 17, 2015

Filing A Health Privacy Complaint

Filing A Health Privacy Complaint

Published on Aug 4, 2015

Balancing Transparency, Privacy and the Internet

While providing services to the public, municipalities are often required to collect, use and disclose personal information from and about their community members. Some information received and processed by municipalities is legally required to be made publicly available for the purposes of allowing...

Published on Aug 4, 2015

Reaching Out to Ontario: Sault Ste Marie

EVENT DETAILS Date: September 25, 2015 Registration: 9.00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Location: Sault Area Hospital, Auditorium There is no cost for the event, but we kindly ask that you RSVP. Please specify which session you would like to attend. WEBCAST DETAILS The live webcast will be available through the...

Published on Jul 30, 2015

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