Disposing of Your Electronic Media … This fact sheet provides guidance on how Ontario public institutions and health information custodians can securely destroy personal information when disposing of electronic media. … Disposing of Your Electronic …
Fact Sheet: Reasonable Search … This fact sheet answers some frequently asked questions about reasonable searches for records. … Fact Sheet: Reasonable …
Big Data and Your Privacy Rights … The emergence of big data as a tool to manage and analyze large and complex data sets offers great promise and opportunity, but also raises serious privacy challenges and considerations, especially to personal privacy. Public and health sector institutions …
Fact Sheet: Video Surveillance … This fact sheet highlights the important factors an institution must consider before implementing a video surveillance system. … Fact Sheet: Video …
Improving Access and Privacy with Records and Information Management … This guidance is designed to help institutions implement better record and information management practices and enhance the public’s ability to access information. … Improving Access and Privacy with Records and Information …
Fact Sheet: What is Personal Information? … This fact sheet explains the meaning of the term “personal information,” and answers frequently asked questions. … Fact Sheet: What is Personal …
Your Business is Affected by a Freedom of Information Request: What You Should Know … This fact sheet outlines what to expect when an institution contacts you about an access request, your options for appeal, and other frequently asked questions. This document is part of a series designed to keep …
You are Affected by a Freedom of Information Request: What You Should Know … This fact sheet seeks to answer some of the common questions you may have about the freedom of information process. This document is part of a series designed to keep the public and professionals up to date with the IPC’s …
Fact Sheet: Communicating Personal Health Information by Email … This fact sheet describes the risks of using email and custodians’ obligations under the Personal Health Information Protection Act . It outlines some of the technical, physical and administrative safeguards needed to protect personal …
Open Government: Key Implementation Considerations … This guidance document provides institutions with an overview of important factors to consider when implementing Open Government including the need for institutional leadership, commitment, governance and resources to support culture change and …
Open Government: Key Concepts and Benefits … This guidance paper is intended as a starting point for institutions considering Open Government and highlights two critical goals: enhancing access to government-held information and public participation. It includes a discussion about making …
Instant Messaging and Personal Email Accounts: Meeting Your Access and Privacy Obligations … This document was developed to help Ontario’s public institutions manage the use of instant messaging and personal email accounts when doing business. All public servants should be aware records relating to …
The Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and Councillors’ records … Our office is sometimes required to decide access to information appeals relating to requests for records held by municipal councillors. Unfortunately, the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection …
FIPPA and MFIPPA: Bill 8 — The Recordkeeping Amendments … Bill 8, the Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014 , will come into effect on January 1, 2016. This Bill amends the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act ( FIPPA) and the Municipal Freedom of …