Tag: News
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FOI Assist Seminar Series (2026): Registration Link for Seminar #1
As an FOI Assist Knowledge Base subscriber, you are invited to register for the first seminar in the 2026 FOI Assist Seminar Series.
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New Ontario Privacy Impact Assessment Guideline
Today’s article summarizes the most important changes between the 2015 and 2025 versions of IPCO’s PIA guideline and explains how these changes may affect your institution’s privacy management practices.
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Data Sharing Agreements
A recently announced data-sharing MOU demonstrates IPCO’s compliance with its own guidance. By issuing this MOU, IPCO has put in place a Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) of its own to facilitate information sharing with another government entity.
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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.
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When are Personal Phone Records Subject to FOI?
For the past two years, a significant case has been unfolding in Ontario’s Freedom of Information (FOI) system, highlighting the delicate balance between expectations of privacy on our personal devices and the public’s demand for access to government records. In late 2022, Global News submitted an FOI request seeking access to Premier Doug Ford’s personal…
