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Privacy Fact Sheet: General Data Protection Regulation

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- Published on Jul 11, 2018

New IPC Fact Sheet: General Data Protection Regulation

There’s been a lot of buzz lately about the new GDPR, but do you know what it means for your organization? Today the IPC released a new fact sheet on the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a new privacy law that came into effect on May 25, 2018. The GDPR applies to the
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- Published on Jul 11, 2018

Toronto Library Lecture Series - Privacy Rights

Event - April 24, 2018, 8pm - 8pm
Commissioner Beamish will be appearing at the Toronto Reference Library to speak about privacy rights in Ontario. For more information, visit Toronto Public Library .
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Need For Stronger Privacy Protections in the Proposed Regulations under Ontario’s New Child, Youth and Family Services Act

The government is making significant changes to services for children and youth with the introduction of the new Child, Youth and Family Services Act (CYFSA). As I mentioned in my year-end blog , the CYFSA will enshrine in law the rights of children, youth, and their families to access and correct
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- Published on Jan 29, 2018

Comments of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario on the Proposed Regulation under Part X of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017

Comments from the Information and Privacy Commissioner on the proposed regulation under Part X of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act .
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- Published on Jan 22, 2018

Bill 160 Submission to the Standing Committee on General Government – The Strengthening Quality and Accountability for Patients Act, 2017.

Today my office made a submission to the Standing Committee on General Government to provide comments and concerns about Bill 160, The Strengthening Quality and Accountability for Patients Act, 2017 . Bill 160 introduces three new pieces of health care legislation and amends an additional seven. The
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- Published on Nov 20, 2017

Annual Reporting of Privacy Breach Statistics to the Commissioner - Requirements for the Health Sector

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- Published on Nov 10, 2017

IPC Coming to Windsor – November 30

The Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) will be hosting a special event in Windsor on November 30, 2017, as part of the IPC’s Reaching Out to Ontario program. Commissioner Brian Beamish and other IPC executives will use this occasion to update Ontarians on the emerging access and privacy
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- Published on Nov 2, 2017

Information and Privacy Commissioners across Canada call on governments to safeguard independent review of solicitor-client privilege claims

Iqaluit, Nunavut, October 18, 2017 – In a joint resolution , Canada’s Information and Privacy Commissioners (IPCs) have called on governments to ensure that access to information and privacy legislation in every jurisdiction empowers IPCs to compel the production of records over which solicitor...
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News Release

- Published on Oct 20, 2017

Bill 68 Submission to Standing Committee on Social Policy - Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act, 2017

Commissioner Brian Beamish appeared before the Standing Committee on Social Policy today to provide the IPC’s views on Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act, 2017. Bill 68 proposes to expand the open meeting exceptions of the Municipal Act and City of Toronto Act , which permit a
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- Published on Apr 11, 2017