Resolutions
The IPC regularly works with other regulators, within Canada and internationally, on public education and policy matters. This page lists the joint resolutions and statements the IPC has issued with our federal, provincial, and territorial (FPT) counterparts and the international access and privacy community as part of the Global Privacy Assembly (GPA).
FPT Resolutions and Joint Statements (Canada)
Responsible information-sharing in situations involving intimate partner violence (Toronto, Ontario, October 2024)
Identifying and mitigating harms from privacy-related deceptive design patterns (Toronto, Ontario, October 2024)
Transparency by default – Information Regulators Call for a New Standard in Government Service (Toronto, Ontario, October 2024)
Principles for Responsible, Trustworthy and Privacy-Protective Generative AI Technologies (Ottawa, Ontario, December 2023)
Putting the Interests of Young People at the Forefront of Privacy (Québec, QC, October 2023)
How organizations can help protect young people online (resolution in plain language)
Protecting Employee Privacy in the Modern Workplace (Québec, QC, October 2023)
Facilitating Access to Government Information (Québec, QC, October 2023)
Ensuring the Right to Privacy and Transparency in the Digital Identity Ecosystem in Canada (St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, September 2022)
Securing Public Trust in Digital Healthcare (St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, September 2022)
Recommended legal framework for police agencies’ use of facial recognition (May 2022)
Reinforcing Privacy and Access to Information Rights During and After a Pandemic (June 2021)
Privacy and COVID-19 vaccine passports (May 2021)
Privacy principles for contact tracing and similar apps (May 2020)
Effective Privacy and Access to Information Legislation in a Data-Driven Society (Charlottetown, PEI, October 2019)
Securing Trust and Privacy in Canada’s Electoral Process (Regina, Saskatchewan, September 2018)
Safeguarding Independent Review of Solicitor-Client Privilege Claims (Iqaluit, Nunavut, October 2017)
Protecting and Promoting Canadians’ Privacy and Access Rights in Information Sharing Initiatives (January 2016)
Protect and Promote Canadians’ Access and Privacy Rights in the Era of Digital Government (Ottawa, ON, October 2014)
Modernizing Access and Privacy Laws for the 21st Century (October 2013)
GPA Resolutions sponsored or co-sponsored by the IPC (International)
Resolution on artificial intelligence and employment (IPC co-sponsored) (Hamilton, Bermuda, 2023)
Resolution on generative artificial intelligence systems (IPC co-sponsored) (Hamilton, Bermuda, 2023)
Resolution on principles and expectations for the appropriate use of personal information in facial recognition technology (Estambul, TÜrkiye, 2022)
Resolution on children’s digital rights (Virtual/Mexico City, Mexico, 2021)
Resolution on data sharing for the public good (Virtual/Mexico City, Mexico, 2021)
Resolution on government access to data, privacy and the rule of law (Virtual/Mexico City, Mexico, 2021)
Resolution on accountability in the development and use of artificial intelligence (Virtual, 2020)
Resolution on e-Learning platforms (IPC co-authored) (Brussels, Belgium, 2018)
Resolution for the Adoption of an International Competency Framework on Privacy Education (IPC co-sponsored) (Marrakesh, Morocco, 2016)
International Competency Framework for School Students on Data Protection and Privacy (IPC co-sponsored) (Marrakesh, Morocco, 2016)
A list of all Global Privacy Assembly resolutions is available here.
ICIC statements endorsed by the IPC (International)
Transparency and digital age: the information commissioner’s role and citizen empowerment (Tirana, Albania, 2024)
Principles Relating to Transparency by Design (Transparency by Design Working Group, Tirana, Albania, 2024)
Bridging Information Across Nations: Concretizing the Global Role of Access to Information for Democratic Preservation, Inclusivity, and Development (Manila, Philippines, 2023)
Access to information as a milestone of the digital age to guarantee human rights, the inclusion of groups in situations of vulnerability and the strengthening of democratic institutions in the 21st century. (Puebla, Mexico, 2022)