Tag: Reference

  • Seminar Recap: Time Extensions and Staged Access Plans Under Ontario’s New FOI Rules

    Seminar Recap: Time Extensions and Staged Access Plans Under Ontario’s New FOI Rules

    On July 14, 2026, FOI Assist hosted the fourth seminar in the FOI Assist Seminar Series (2026). Thank you to everyone who attended! This seminar explained time extensions and some of the most significant procedural changes introduced by Bill 97, including Ontario’s new rules governing second time extensions and staged access plans under FIPPA and…

  • How are “holidays” defined under FIPPA and MFIPPA when counting “business days”?

    How are “holidays” defined under FIPPA and MFIPPA when counting “business days”?

    As of July 1, 2026, the Bill 97 amendments to Ontario’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA) introduce the use of “business days,” rather than calendar days, to calculate most Freedom of Information (FOI) deadlines. One question that arises is how…

  • Seminar Recap: Frivolous and Vexatious Requests

    Seminar Recap: Frivolous and Vexatious Requests

    FOI Assist hosted the second installment of the FOI Assist Seminar Series (2026) today — and it was another excellent discussion. The topic was Frivolous and Vexatious Requests. The session brought together FOI professionals from across Ontario for a practical examination of one of the most sensitive and sometimes misunderstood provisions in Ontario’s freedom of…

  • 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.

  • Personal Liability for FOI Mistakes

    Personal Liability for FOI Mistakes

    Given that the Acts assign responsibility for responding to FOI requests personally to the heads of institutions and their delegates, individuals involved in processing requests may reasonably wonder whether their actions — intentional or not — could result in personal civil liability. In other words, could a head or employee be sued for failing to…

  • Data Sharing Agreements

    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.