Tag: Appeals

  • Alternative Fee Systems for Publicly Available Information

    Alternative Fee Systems for Publicly Available Information

    A recent decision from the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario makes it clear that in some cases, institutions can replace the standard FOI fee structure with a different fee structure better suited to the type of records requested.

  • Informal Requests

    Informal Requests

    Institutions have an obligation to provide records in response to FOI requests; however, this does not prevent institutions from providing records or information without using the official FOI process.

  • Public Employees’ Right of Privacy

    Public Employees’ Right of Privacy

    Just in time for some “light summer reading”, on June 21, 2022, the Ontario Court of Appeal issued an interesting decision that may have implications for how institutions conduct searches in response to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.

  • An Introduction to the FOI Appeal Process

    An Introduction to the FOI Appeal Process

    In today’s article, I want to provide an introduction to the FOI appeal process from the perspective of the institution. My main goal is to build the confidence of the many FOI professionals in Ontario who have seldom or never faced an appeal.

  • “List Of Farms” FOI Requestor Identity Revealed

    “List Of Farms” FOI Requestor Identity Revealed

    The identity of the person who requested a list of all Ontario farms from OMAFRA, and why the request was made.

  • Why do requestors ask for electronic versions of records?

    Why do requestors ask for electronic versions of records?

    In this article, FIPPA and MFIPPA refer to Ontario’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, respectively. There are a number of reasons that a requestor might ask an institution to disclose records digitally rather than in hard copy: The requestor is hoping to…