Tag: Personal Information

  • New Ontario Privacy Impact Assessment Guideline

    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.

  • Requests for Continuing Access

    Requests for Continuing Access

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

  • The Privacy Breach Management Toolkit

    The Privacy Breach Management Toolkit

    The Government of Canada’s Privacy Breach Management Toolkit is intended to support the management and prevention of privacy breaches. Although its guidance is directed primarily at institutions who fall under Canada’s federal privacy legislation, it can be adapted to meet the needs of other types of institutions, and it is well-suited for adoption by provincial…

  • RFP Submissions Aren’t Public Information

    RFP Submissions Aren’t Public Information

    The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPCO) recently released a decision which provides guidance on the topic of disclosing information contained in RFP submissions. The decision explores whether information submitted by the winning proponent of an RFP process should be made available to the public under an FOI request.

  • Sharing Information in Situations Involving Intimate Partner Violence

    Sharing Information in Situations Involving Intimate Partner Violence

    The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPCO) has released new guidance to help institutions make informed decisions about privacy, confidentiality, and public safety in situations of intimate partner violence (IPV) risk.