Tag: MFIPPA

  • Reasonable Search Affirmed

    Reasonable Search Affirmed

    Although institutions are expected to make a genuine effort to locate all records responsive to a request, institutions are not required to prove with absolute certainty that no responsive records (or no additional responsive records) exist in response to an access request. Under both FIPPA and MFIPPA, it is sufficient for an institution to provide…

  • FOIPN Presentation: Frivolous and Vexatious Requests

    FOIPN Presentation: Frivolous and Vexatious Requests

    FOI Assist was proud to sponsor, exhibit and present at this year’s Freedom of Information Police Network (FOIPN) Conference, held earlier this week at Science North in Sudbury, Ontario. A copy of the slide deck from the Frivolous and Vexatious Requests presentation is available below.

  • Requests for Continuing Access

    Requests for Continuing Access

    In Ontario, requestors can make requests for “continuing access” to records held by an institution.

  • Transitory Records

    Transitory Records

    Institutions regularly generate and receive a wide variety of records, but not every record is intended for long-term retention. Records that serve only temporary purposes and hold no ongoing institutional or public value are referred to as transitory records.

  • New IPCO Guidelines for the Law Enforcement Exemption

    New IPCO Guidelines for the Law Enforcement Exemption

    The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPCO) has released a new interpretation bulletin providing key guidance and case citations for institutions applying the Law Enforcement exemption under Ontario’s access to information legislation.

  • Bill 194 Receives Royal Assent

    Bill 194 Receives Royal Assent

    Ontario’s Strengthening Cyber Security and Building Trust in the Public Sector Act, 2024 (“Bill 194”) passed third reading and received royal assent on November 25, 2024. It will come into effect on a date to be announced by the provincial government.