In the span of a week, three excellent articles appeared on the official Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPCO) Blog.
Tag Archives: IPCO
Abandonment Issues
When are institutions allowed to decide that a file has been abandoned?
Year-End Statistical Reporting doesn’t have to be scary
Year-End Statistical Reporting doesn’t have to be scary. In this post, I show you how to make it easy and provide a free file closing worksheet to help you get started.
Decoding the names of FOI decisions
What do the names of FOI decisions mean? The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPCO) assigns a unique identifier to each decision made by its adjudicators. Generally, the identifier is a short string of letters and numbers, such as P-22, PO-2400, or MO-1508. But in the early days of IPCO, orders were identified withContinue reading “Decoding the names of FOI decisions”
Verifying the Identity of the Requestor
The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Manual (the “FOI Manual”) notes that when a requestor asks an institution for the requestor’s own personal information, the institution must first verify the identity of the requestor before any personal information is disclosed. The FOI Manual suggests that an institution may be able to fulfill theContinue reading “Verifying the Identity of the Requestor”
