- New Features: Email Notifications and Time Tracking (Mar. 20, 2023)
- Annual Statistical Report is due March 31 (Feb. 21, 2023)
- New FOI fee led to drop in number of requests in B.C. (Jan. 31, 2023)
- Transition (Dec. 22, 2022)
- Can a requestor refuse to provide their name? (Dec. 14, 2022)
- Multi-Factor Authentication is now supported (Nov. 17, 2022)
- Informal Requests (Nov. 9, 2022)
- Canada’s biggest newspapers set their sights on Freedom of Information (Oct. 11, 2022)
- “Access Delayed, Access Denied” (Oct. 6, 2022)
- The Absurd Result Principle (Sep. 29, 2022)
- When is Purchase Agreement Information Exempt as Third Party Information? (Aug. 22, 2022)
- Public Employees’ Right of Privacy (Jul. 27, 2022)
- Farewell to AMCTO 2022 Niagara Falls (Jun. 15, 2022)
- Hello from AMCTO 2022 (Jun. 13, 2022)
- AMCTO Municipal Monitor (Q2 2022) (Jun. 9, 2022)
- 2022 AMCTO Conference: Getting Ready! (Jun. 7, 2022)
- The “Other Acts” Exclusion (May. 26, 2022)
- New FIPPA/MFIPPA Reference Card (Apr. 27, 2022)
- Third-Party Personal Information (Mar. 21, 2022)
- General Records Requests vs. Personal Information Requests (Mar. 7, 2022)
- Action plan for large FOI requests (Feb. 28, 2022)
- Forwarding or Transferring Requests (Feb. 4, 2022)
- Charging Fees When No Records Are Found? (Jan. 24, 2022)
- Looking Forward (Dec. 20, 2021)
- Why Charge an Application Fee for Each FOI Request? (Nov. 4, 2021)
- Should your institution accept FOI requests online? (Oct. 14, 2021)
- The “Law Enforcement” Exemption (FIPPA s.14 / MFIPPA s.8) (Sep. 8, 2021)
- FOI Software: “Off The Shelf” or Custom Built? (Aug. 30, 2021)
- FOI Requests Dropped Sharply During COVID-19 (Jul. 20, 2021)
- Interim Fee Estimates are Optional (Jun. 16, 2021)
- Should You Include a Time Extension in Your Interim Fee Estimate? (May. 26, 2021)
- Splitting up an FOI Request (Apr. 28, 2021)
- An Introduction to the FOI Appeal Process (Apr. 14, 2021)
- Updated FOI Request Process Poster Now Available (Mar. 17, 2021)
- New Podcast from the Ontario Privacy Commissioner (Mar. 9, 2021)
- “Reasonable effort” to locate a record (Feb. 16, 2021)
- Video: Introduction to Records Management (Feb. 4, 2021)
- Announcing the release of the FOI Assist software (Feb. 2, 2021)
- Are Your Written Notices Defective? (Jan. 27, 2021)
- The Year Gone By, and the Year Ahead (Dec. 22, 2020)
- “List Of Farms” FOI Requestor Identity Revealed (Dec. 10, 2020)
- How To Keep Your FOI Files Organized (Nov. 30, 2020)
- Federal Health Minister Criticized For Deriding Freedom of Information (Oct. 26, 2020)
- Are Correction Requests Subject To The 30-Day Deadline? (Sep. 16, 2020)
- The “Advice or Recommendations” Exemption (FIPPA s.13 / MFIPPA s.7) (Aug. 28, 2020)
- Ontario Privacy Commissioner Patricia Kosseim breathes new life into the official IPCO Blog (Jul. 30, 2020)
- Patricia Kosseim assumes the role of Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner (Jul. 3, 2020)
- Can an institution consult a sample of affected persons rather than notifying everyone? (Jul. 2, 2020)
- Assigning searches to internal staff (Jun. 24, 2020)
- Applying the public interest override to employment information (May. 21, 2020)
- Patricia Kosseim is Ontario’s Next Privacy Commissioner (Apr. 28, 2020)
- Can You Get COVID-19 From Mail? (Mar. 30, 2020)
- “Freedom-of-Information requests shunted to sidelines during virus crisis” (Mar. 27, 2020)
- COVID-19 Applicable Exemptions (Mar. 26, 2020)
- Abandonment Issues (Feb. 25, 2020)
- Question from a Journalist (Jan. 27, 2020)
- Become Ontario’s Next Privacy Commissioner (Jan. 21, 2020)
- The Top 10 FOI Assist Articles of 2019 (Dec. 18, 2019)
- The Public Interest Override (Nov. 27, 2019)
- Year-End Statistical Reporting doesn’t have to be scary (Oct. 22, 2019)
- Filing an FOI request is not defamation (Sep. 25, 2019)
- The Affected Person Process (Sep. 10, 2019)
- Here’s what an FOI app can do for you (Aug. 8, 2019)
- FOI Assist Tech Demo #1: Interim Fee Estimate Tool (Jul. 22, 2019)
- An Introduction to Freedom of Information (Jun. 24, 2019)
- FOI In The News: Government rejects Senate changes to ATIA; “culture of secrecy” and more (Jun. 17, 2019)
- Highlights from the “Reaching Out to Ontario – Waterloo” event (Jun. 10, 2019)
- Reaching Out to Ontario – Waterloo (May. 27, 2019)
- When is labour and employment information exempt from disclosure? (May. 22, 2019)
- FOI In The News (May 8, 2019) (May. 8, 2019)
- Why do requestors ask for electronic versions of records? (Apr. 30, 2019)
- FOI In The News (April 23, 2019) (Apr. 23, 2019)
- Do institutions have to disclose electronic versions of records? (Apr. 15, 2019)
- “I thought we deleted that!” Metadata and Hidden Data (Apr. 4, 2019)
- Decoding the names of FOI decisions (Mar. 28, 2019)
- Update: FOI Flowcharts have been sent (copies are still available) (Mar. 27, 2019)
- Receiving an FOI Request from a Lawyer (Mar. 20, 2019)
- Requests for Personal Information with the Consent of the Individual (Mar. 20, 2019)
- Verifying the Identity of the Requestor (Mar. 11, 2019)
- The FOI Request Process Poster (Feb. 25, 2019)
- Leave no paper trail? (Feb. 20, 2019)
- How many FOI requests should my institution expect to receive? (Jan. 31, 2019)
- The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Manuals (Jan. 16, 2019)
- When is an FOI request frivolous or vexatious? (Dec. 12, 2018)
- Exemptions vs. Exclusions: What is the difference? (Dec. 5, 2018)
- The 2018-2019 Annotated Ontario Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Acts by David Goodis (Nov. 30, 2018)
- To whom can a head delegate his or her powers and duties? (Nov. 23, 2018)
- A response to The Toronto Star (and to “FOI reform” articles in general) (Nov. 15, 2018)
- Stop the clock! How different actions affect the deadline (Nov. 7, 2018)
- Get your head straight – what is the role of your institution’s head? (Nov. 1, 2018)
- Say what? Clarifying and narrowing requests (Oct. 24, 2018)
- Resources for FOI professionals in Ontario (Oct. 15, 2018)
- How to count time and how to determine the initial 30-day deadline (Oct. 10, 2018)
- “The State of FOI law in Canada” on TVO’s The Agenda (Oct. 3, 2018)
- Do I have to respond to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request? (Oct. 3, 2018)
- What are the requirements of a valid Freedom of Information (FOI) request? (Oct. 3, 2018)
- Is my organization legally obligated to respond to FOI requests? (Oct. 3, 2018)
- What happens if my institution misses the deadline? (Sep. 26, 2018)
- The Journey Begins (Sep. 20, 2018)
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