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Transparency by default: Canada’s Information Commissioners and Ombuds issue joint resolution calling for enhanced transparency in government operations

Toronto, ON – December 10, 2024 – In a joint resolution, Canada’s Information Commissioners and Ombuds are pressing their respective governments to adopt a new standard of transparency by default in the development, management, and delivery of government services. This federal, provincial...
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- Published on Dec 10, 2024

Federal, provincial, and territorial privacy regulators address responsible information sharing in situations involving intimate partner violence

Toronto, Ontario, November 27, 2024 — Privacy authorities across Canada have issued a joint resolution to guide the responsible disclosure of personal information in situations involving intimate partner violence (IPV). Finalized at their October annual meeting, hosted by the Information and Privacy...
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- Published on Nov 27, 2024

Commissioners publish 2020 investigation report into LifeLabs privacy breach affecting millions of Canadians

The report was published after the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed Lifelabs’ bid to block public release of the report TORONTO, ON — Ontario and British Columbia Information and Privacy Commissioners have published the 2020 investigation report into the LifeLabs privacy breach affecting millions...
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- Published on Nov 25, 2024

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The IPC joins regulators from around the world at the 2024 Global Privacy Assembly

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) joined data protection and privacy authorities from more than 130 countries at the 46th Global Privacy Assembly (GPA) to address universal data-related challenges facing all of us around the world. Held in the Bailiwick of...
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- Published on Nov 19, 2024

Canadian privacy regulators pass resolution to address privacy-related harms resulting from deceptive design patterns

TORONTO, ON, November 13, 2024 – Privacy regulators from across Canada have issued a joint resolution calling for action on the growing use of deceptive design patterns (DDPs) that undermine privacy rights. Passed at their October annual meeting, hosted by the Information and Privacy Commissioner of...

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- Published on Nov 13, 2024

Strengthening privacy protections for students: IPC launches digital privacy charter

Toronto, ON (October 23, 2024) – The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario has launched its Digital Privacy Charter for Ontario Schools, encouraging school administrators to strengthen privacy safeguards for kids by taking the pledge. Protecting student data is a top concern...
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- Published on Oct 23, 2024

Federal, provincial, territorial information and privacy commissioners and ombuds wrap up successful annual meeting

TORONTO, ON (October 10, 2024) – Today, federal, provincial, and territorial (FPT) information and privacy commissioners and ombuds concluded two days of productive discussions on privacy and access to information issues across Canada. The annual event, hosted this year by the Information and...

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- Published on Oct 10, 2024

IPC’s Transparency Showcase celebrates the beauty and benefits of government transparency

TORONTO, ON (September 25, 2024) — Today the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) unveiled its second Transparency Showcase with another inspiring display of transparency and open government in action by Ontario’s provincial and municipal institutions. The latest virtual gallery...

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- Published on Sep 25, 2024

IPC endorses statement on transparency in the digital age from the International Conference of Information Commissioners

The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, Patricia Kosseim, has endorsed a statement issued at the 15th edition of the International Conference of Information Commissioners (ICIC), emphasizing the crucial role of access rights in promoting transparency, accountability, and citizen...

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- Published on Jun 13, 2024

Information and Privacy Commissioner calls for strengthened access and privacy protections for all Ontarians

TORONTO, ON (June 5, 2024) — Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Patricia Kosseim, is calling on the Ontario government to strengthen and enhance Ontarians’ access and privacy protections. The recommendation is included in the 2023 annual report of the Office of the Information and...

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- Published on Jun 5, 2024

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