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Are Correction Requests Subject To The 30-Day Deadline?
Provincial and municipal institutions in Ontario are permitted 30 days to respond to access requests. But does the same deadline apply to correction requests?
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The “Advice or Recommendations” Exemption (FIPPA s.13 / MFIPPA s.7)
An overview of the “Advice to Government” / “Advice or Recommendations” exemption under FIPPA / MFIPPA.
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Ontario Privacy Commissioner Patricia Kosseim breathes new life into the official IPCO Blog
In the span of a week, three excellent articles appeared on the official Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPCO) Blog.
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Patricia Kosseim assumes the role of Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner
Patricia Kosseim started her term as the new Privacy Commissioner of Ontario this week. See her statement of introduction here: Message from the Commissioner Patricia Kosseim. All the best to Patricia Kosseim in her new role. If you’d like to stay engaged with further updates and see pre-release previews and demos of the FOI Assist…
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Can an institution consult a sample of affected persons rather than notifying everyone?
[A]n unidentified individual has filed an FOI request with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) for the following information: “List of all Ontario businesses with a Farm Business Registration. If possible I would like their FBR number as well, but at the very least, I just need the names of the…
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Assigning searches to internal staff
In the Province of Ontario alone, there are over 1,000 institutions who are obligated to respond to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) or the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA). This impressive number leaves a lot of room for variation…
FOI Assist Knowledge Base 