Access and Privacy in Ontario: A Primer, a political staff training presentation delivered by Assistant Commissioner Sherry Liang, and Renee Barrette, Director of Policy, February 9, 2021 … Access and Privacy in Ontario: A Primer, a political staff training presentation delivered by Assistant …
My First Privacy Day as Commissioner … This past Thursday marked my first Privacy Day as Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner. Seven months ago, as a newly minted Commissioner, I hit the ground running, working from home in the middle of a pandemic, faced with a number of complex privacy …
Commissioner’s Year-End Message: The Great Privacy Conjunction … This certainly wasn’t the year we expected it to be. In 2020, COVID-19 profoundly changed how we work and how we live our day-to-day lives. With science rapidly evolving, infection rates fluctuating, and advisories constantly …
Police use of COVID19 First Responder Portal … In August of this year, my office was made aware of a potentially disproportionate number of inquiries by several police services in Ontario into the COVID19 First Responder Portal. We contacted those police services to inquire into the circumstances …
IPC’s Strategic Priorities: Honing in on Access and Privacy Issues that Matter Most to Ontarians … The shift towards increased digitization since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound impact on how Ontarians interact with their governments. It is also changing how public …
Office of Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) launches public consultation on its five-year strategic plan … TORONTO, ON (December 10, 2020) — The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) is seeking input from Ontarians on the selection of its access and …
Incremental but consequential: 2020 changes to PHIPA … Even before joining the IPC, I always admired Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) for its “gutsiness.” PHIPA introduced many novel concepts for its time. These include the first breach notification requirement in the …
Osgoode PD … Director of Legal Services and General Counsel, Manuela Di Re, will be appearing to discuss the role of the IPC and current access and privacy issues. For more information and to register, visit OsgoodePD. … Osgoode …
Regulators’ Expectations and Responses to Breaches, a presentation delivered at Osgoode Hall Law School by Assistant Commissioner David Goodis, November 27, 2020 … Regulators’ Expectations and Responses to Breaches, a presentation delivered at Osgoode Hall Law School by Assistant Commissioner David …
Public Complaints Policy and Process … Introduction The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) provides oversight of Ontario’s access and privacy laws . The Commissioner is an independent and impartial officer of the Ontario Legislature. The IPC is committed to …
Legislative Reform … Personal Health Information Protection Act ( PHIPA ) Submission to the Minister of Health, July 2020 Comments of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario on Proposed Interoperability Regulations under PHIPA Submission to the Minister of Health, June 2020 Comments of …
Legal Issues in Privacy and Cybersecurity, a keynote address delivered at Infonex by Commissioner Patricia Kosseim, November 18, 2020 … Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario Infonex – Legal Issues in Privacy and Cybersecurity Check against delivery Thank you, Imran, …
Cyber Security and Privacy Compliance in an Increasingly Digital Economy, a presentation delivered to the Canadian Institute by Assistant Commissioner David Goodis, November 18, 2020 … Cyber Security and Privacy Compliance in an Increasingly Digital Economy, a presentation delivered to the Canadian …
Mandatory Reporting Obligations, Best Practices and Tribunal Processes of the IPC, a presentation delivered at the Cybersecurity in Health Care Conference by Brendan Gray, Legal Counsel, November 18, 2020 … Mandatory Reporting Obligations, Best Practices and Tribunal Processes of the IPC, a …
IPC Privacy Day Webcast: Law Enforcement and Surveillance Technologies … IPC Privacy Day Webcast Law Enforcement and Surveillance Technologies January 28, 2021, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. Free to Register Law enforcement agencies are increasingly turning to surveillance technologies to perform policing …
Advertising & Marketing Law Conference … An IPC staff member will be appearing on a panel to discuss the legal parameters for location tracking and biometrics when tailoring advertisements to customers as well as deciphering how to apply current privacy laws to marketing scenarios that are emerging …
Osgoode Certificate … Assistant Commissioner David Goodis will be giving an overview of privacy laws, rights and obligations, institutions that make and apply privacy law, jurisdiction issues, regulatory frameworks, enforcement, and individual rights. For more information and to register, visit …
Planning together to achieve real positive impact … The digital revolution has brought with it a crushing wave of new access and privacy challenges. By trying to address them all with the limited resources available, we may end up just treading water without really getting anywhere. To achieve real …
Access-Privacy by Osler, an interview with Commissioner Patricia Kosseim, October 30, 2020 … ( Audio Presentation ) Commissioner Kosseim was the featured speaker for Osler’s monthly privacy teleconference where she spoke on her first days as Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner under …
IPC Strategic Priority Setting Consultation … Background The IPC is seeking feedback and advice from stakeholders and the public on which strategic priorities we should focus on in order to respond to issues that Ontarians care most about and have greatest positive impact. The IPC Strategic …