Tag: Reference
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Updated FIPPA/MFIPPA Reference Card (With Bill 97 Changes)
With the Bill 97 amendments now in force, FOI Assist’s FIPPA/MFIPPA Reference Card has been updated to reflect the new legislative framework. Among other things, the revised card reflects the new 45-business-day response timeline, the new staged access plan process, and the newest exclusions added by Bill 97.
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IPCO: No Final Decision Before Reviewing Responsive Records
The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario has been seeing an increase in cases where institutions have missed the decision letter deadline and then attempted to address the resulting deemed refusal by issuing a final access decision — sometimes charging a final fee — before reviewing the records responsive to the request, and in some…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
