Tag: Personal Information

  • 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.

  • The Absurd Result Principle

    The Absurd Result Principle

    It was a privilege to speak last week to all of the attendees of the Freedom of Information Police Network (FOIPN) Fall Conference at the Belleville Police Service Headquarters in Belleville, Ontario. I was asked to deliver a presentation on the Absurd Result Principle, a legal principle with a long history in the Canadian and…

  • 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.

  • Third-Party Personal Information

    Third-Party Personal Information

    When processing an FOI request for access to personal information, can the institution use FIPPA s.21(1) / MFIPPA s.14(1) to exempt third party personal information from disclosure? The short answer is “no”, but the slightly longer answer is, “not exactly”.

  • General Records Requests vs. Personal Information Requests

    General Records Requests vs. Personal Information Requests

    Today’s article is intended to provide an overview of the similarities and differences between general records requests and access to personal information requests.

  • Are Correction Requests Subject To The 30-Day Deadline?

    Are Correction Requests Subject To The 30-Day Deadline?

    Provincial and municipal institutions in Ontario are permitted 30 days to respond to access requests. But does the same deadline apply to correction requests?