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Letter to Michael Maddock regarding Installing COVID Alert app on OPS-issued mobile devices

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Trust in Digital Health

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- Published on Oct 15, 2020

Letter to Mayor Tory regarding Installing COVID Alert app on City of Toronto mobile devices

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Trust in Digital Health

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- Published on Oct 15, 2020

Letters

Letter from Commissioner Kosseim to Toronto Police Service Board regarding Approval of Body-Worn Camera Contract Award and Project Implementation

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Next-Generation Law Enforcement

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- Published on Aug 18, 2020

Federal and Ontario privacy commissioners support use of COVID Alert application subject to ongoing monitoring of its privacy protections and effectiveness

Following productive and in-depth discussions with the federal and Ontario governments, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) have concluded their review of the COVID Alert exposure notification application...

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- Published on Jul 31, 2020

Letter from Commissioner Kosseim to Toronto Police Services Board on body-worn camera program

Letter from Commissioner Kosseim to Toronto Police Services Board

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- Published on Jul 30, 2020

LifeLabs agrees to comply with privacy commissioners’ orders, but challenges release of investigation report

TORONTO – Wednesday, July 29, 2020 –On June 25, the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Ontario and British Columbia issued a joint investigation report into the company’s 2019 privacy breach involving millions of its customers. LifeLabs has since confirmed that they will comply with all of the...

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- Published on Jul 29, 2020

Ontario IPC and BC OIPC find LifeLabs failed to protect personal information in 2019 breach

Canadian laboratory testing company found in violation of privacy laws TORONTO – Thursday, June 25, 2020 – A joint investigation by the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Ontario and BC has found that LifeLabs failed to protect the personal health information of millions of Canadians resulting...

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Trust in Digital Health

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- Published on Jun 25, 2020

Information and Privacy Commissioner Calls for New Privacy Law in Ontario

TORONTO, ON (May 28, 2020) – The privacy of Ontarians is at risk in the face of new and emerging technologies unless the government works to modernize its privacy laws. In the final annual report of his five-year term, released today, Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Brian Beamish, is...

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- Published on May 28, 2020

Supporting public health, building public trust: Privacy principles for contact tracing and similar apps

Joint Statement by Federal, Provincial and Territorial Privacy Commissioners [1] May 7, 2020 The safety and security of Canadians is of grave concern in the current COVID-19 health crisis. The urgency of limiting the spread of the virus is a significant challenge for government and public health...

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Trust in Digital Health

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- Published on May 7, 2020

Impact of COVID-19

Updated: May 31, 2021 Notice to the Public To protect our employees’ health and do our part to slow community transmission of the COVID-19 virus, the IPC’s offices have been physically closed since March 16, 2020. Over the past year, our staff has transitioned to working remotely. During the time it...

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- Published on Mar 16, 2020