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Hello from AMCTO 2022
Good morning everyone! I’m here at the AMCTO 2022 Municipal Conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario. It feels great to be back at a “real life” event and meeting people in person. There’s been a great crowd, and many municipal employees have been coming by the FOI Assist booth to see and hear about the FOI…
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AMCTO Municipal Monitor (Q2 2022)
The newest issue of the AMCTO Municipal Monitor just came out this week. It includes a very flattering promotional article about the FOI Assist software with testimonials from some of FOI Assist’s terrific municipal clients.
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2022 AMCTO Conference: Getting Ready!
I’m looking forward to representing FOI Assist at the 2022 AMCTO Conference as an exhibitor. It’s just a few days away!
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The “Other Acts” Exclusion
Freedom of Information professionals should be aware of exclusions found in legislation other than FIPPA and MFIPPA that may apply to access requests received by their institution.
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New FIPPA/MFIPPA Reference Card
I have created a 5×7″ double-sided reference card to help FOI Professionals remember some of the tricky details specific to general records requests, access to personal information requests, and correction requests under both the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, including a…
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Third-Party Personal Information
When processing an FOI request for access to personal information, can the institution use FIPPA s.21(1) / MFIPPA s.14(1) to exempt third party personal information from disclosure? The short answer is “no”, but the slightly longer answer is, “not exactly”.
FOI Assist Knowledge Base 