Adding an On/Off Device to Activate the RFID in Enhanced Driver’s Licences: Pioneering a Made-in-Ontario Transformative Technology that Delivers Both Privacy and Security … This discussion paper describes the IPC’s work in toward the implementation of an on/off device allowing holders of an …
Practice Tool for Exercising Discretion: Emergency Disclosure of Personal Information by Universities, Colleges and other Educational Institutions … In emergency situations, privacy laws in Ontario and British Columbia1 do not prohibit universities, colleges or other educational institutions from …
RFID and Privacy: Guidance for Health-Care Providers … RFID and Privacy: Guidance for Health-Care Providers. RFID technology can help save lives - and preserve privacy. … RFID and Privacy: Guidance for Health-Care …
Breach Notification Assessment Tool … This document assists organizations in making key decisions about notifying individuals after a privacy breach occurs by presenting checklists covering factors affecting whether to notify, when and how to notify, what to include in a notification and other …
A Guide to the Personal Health Information Protection Act … This guide is a tool to help health information custodians understand their rights and obligations under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, (PHIPA) . … A Guide to the Personal Health Information Protection …
Promoting Transparency through the Electronic Dissemination of Information … An IPC paper prepared for the Symposium on E-Governance for the 21st Century, sponsored by the Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy. It has been included as a chapter in E-Government Reconsidered: Transformation of …
The Advantages of Electronically Processing Freedom of Information Requests: The MNR Experience … Produced by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. … The Advantages of Electronically Processing Freedom of Information Requests: The …
Best Practices for Institutions in Mediating Appeals under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act … A Joint Project of the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario and the Ministry of the …
The Security-Privacy Paradox: Issues, Misconceptions and Strategies … This joint paper produced by IPC Ontario and Deloitte & Touche provides hands-on advice for developing strategies for information security and privacy protection. … The Security-Privacy Paradox: Issues, Misconceptions and …
Electronic Records and Document Management Systems: A New Tool for Enhancing the Public's Right to Access Government-Held Information? … This paper examines the role that electronic records and document management systems (ERDMSs) can play in enhancing the public's right to access information from …
Guidelines on Facsimile Transmission Security … This updated paper sets out guidelines for government institutions to consider when developing systems and procedures to maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information transmitted by fax. … Guidelines on Facsimile Transmission …
Concerns and Recommendations Regarding Government Public Key Infrastructures for Citizens … Examines the potential impact of PKI on the protection of personal privacy and makes recommendations for officials establishing such systems. … Concerns and Recommendations Regarding Government Public Key …
Backgrounder for Senior Managers on the Role of Freedom of Information and Privacy Co-ordinators relating to Access to Information … Each provincial and municipal government organization has a Co-ordinator. This Backgrounder looks at the critically important role that Co-ordinators play. … …