Engagement and Outreach

Collaboration

The IPC collaborates with fellow regulators both domestically and globally, to speak with one voice on important issues and expand our public awareness initiatives. Throughout 2024, the IPC led, co-led, sponsored, and supported a select number of national and international resolutions and joint statements.

National

Transparency by default – Information Regulators Call for a New Standard in Government Service (Federal Provincial and Territorial Information Commissioners and Ombuds, 2024, Toronto, Ontario)

Identifying and mitigating harms from privacy-related deceptive design patterns (Federal Provincial and Territorial Privacy Commissioners and Ombuds, 2024, Toronto, Ontario)

Responsible information-sharing in situations involving intimate partner violence (Federal Provincial and Territorial Privacy Commissioners and Ombuds, 2024, Toronto, Ontario)

International

Transparency and digital age: the information commissioner’s role and citizen empowerment, endorsed by the IPC at the 15th edition of the International Conference of Information Commissioners (ICIC), Tirana, Albania, June 2024

Resolution on surveillance and protecting individuals’ rights to privacy, adopted at the 2024 Global Privacy Assembly, Bailiwick of Jersey, October 2024

Stakeholder consultations and guidance

As part of our mandate to offer comments on proposed legislative frameworks, programs, and information practices, organizations regularly consult the IPC on new initiatives with data privacy or access implications. For a list of informal consultations completed in 2024, visit our consultations webpage.

IPC outreach efforts: Knowledge translation in action  

The IPC regularly engages in public education efforts to raise awareness of and increase compliance with Ontario’s access and privacy laws.

In 2024, the IPC developed several multi-media guidance materials and documents, delivered 88 presentations to various audiences (up from 57 last year), posted 10 blogs and released 11 Info Matters podcast episodes on access and privacy issues that matter most to Ontarians.

In 2024, the IPC responded to 97 requests by the media for comment and was mentioned in the media more than 1,100 times. Our social media engagement continued to climb. In 2024, we increased our LinkedIn followers by 11 per cent and our youth-focused Instagram account attracted a 30 per cent increase in followers.

Informing the future of access and privacy in Ontario

In 2024, the IPC launched a research and innovation hub, where we make publicly available for the benefit of others the results of independent research reports we commissioned on highly specialized privacy and access topics. In 2024, the IPC commissioned or otherwise supported four reports by Canadian academics and researchers, as part of our efforts to contribute to broader discussions on emerging technologies and regulatory approaches that shape the future of privacy and access to information.

This work aligns with our commitment to fostering informed dialogue and evidence-based policymaking. The views expressed in these reports are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the IPC.

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