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Letter to Dr. Catherine Zahn and Ms. Hillary Hartley regarding Proof of Vaccination Certificates in Ontario

This letter to Dr. Catherine Zahn, Deputy Minister of Health and Ms. Hillary Hartley, Chief Digital and Data Officer offered the IPC’s recommendations to help ensure ongoing protection of the privacy rights of Ontarians as the proof of vaccination certificate initiative continued in the province.
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- Published on Mar 10, 2022

Reaching out to Franco Ontarians: Commissioner Kosseim talks about Data Privacy Day on CHOQ FM, February 8, 2022

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- Published on Feb 8, 2022

It’s a Gold Star for Privacy Day: Empowering a New Generation of Digital Citizens

Data protection authorities around the world recognize Data Privacy Day every January 28 as a way of raising public awareness about the importance of privacy and data protection rights. In case you missed it, this past Friday the IPC continued its tradition of hosting an annual Privacy Day event

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- Published on Feb 3, 2022

IPC Privacy Day Webcast

Event - January 27, 2022, 7pm - 7pm
Watch the 2022 Privacy Day webcast, Empowering a New Generation of Digital Citizens, to learn how we can best champion the privacy and access rights of Ontario’s children and youth. Key issues discussed include privacy education and digital literacy, empowering children to think critically about
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Ontario IPC concludes its review of Durham Region’s privacy breach

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) has concluded its review of a privacy breach that occurred almost a year ago in Durham Region. The breach was traced to the region’s use of Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) software, a product that has been linked to...

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- Published on Jan 18, 2022

Auld Lang “Send”: let’s end email blunders and resolve to do better in 2022

How many of us have accidentally pressed “send” on an email to the wrong person? It happened to me several years ago when my flight was cancelled and I sent a late-night email to my husband from the back of a very dark cab, letting him know I was on my way home from the airport. I signed, “Love you”

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- Published on Jan 18, 2022

Goodbye 2021: Reflections on the year that was

Throughout the past year, we continued to be tested in our ability to develop and persevere in the face of change and uncertainty, inflicted by a brutal and unrelenting pandemic. Our 2021 annual report, due out next spring, will lay out all the facts and figures of the year — numbers of cases

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- Published on Dec 22, 2021

In-person Visits to Our Office

Services provided by the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) are available to the public and public sector organizations, as well as the health and child and family services sectors. We do not offer in-person services or drop-in visits at our physical office. In-person meetings are

Published on Dec 17, 2021

Submission of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario on the Proposed Amendment to O. Reg. 329/04 under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 (PHIPA) on the right to access records in electronic format

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- Published on Dec 3, 2021

Digital health week: Celebrating health care on the digital frontier

The health care landscape shifted dramatically in March 2020 with the onset of the pandemic. A recent study estimates that outpatient virtual care visits in Ontario increased by nearly 70 per cent from pre-pandemic levels. While many of the tools used to provide virtual health care have been around

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- Published on Dec 1, 2021