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Disposing of Your Electronic Media | Best Practices , Fact Sheets | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
This fact sheet provides guidance on how Ontario public institutions and health information custodians can securely destroy personal information when disposing of electronic media. |
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Annual Reporting of Privacy Breach Statistics to the Commissioner - Requirements for the Health Sector | Best Practices , Professional Guidelines | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
Joint Federal Provincial Territorial Letter to Council of Ministers of Education on the Importance of Privacy Education | Letters | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
Big Data Guidelines | Professional Guidelines | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
Fact Sheet: Reasonable Search | Fact Sheets , Professional Guidelines | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
This fact sheet answers some frequently asked questions about reasonable searches for records. |
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Open Government and Protecting Privacy | Download | Read moreExpand | |||
The IPC strongly supports Open Government initiatives and encourages Ontario institutions to be more open and transparent, and to enhance their engagement with the public. This document offers guidance for institutions on how to move towards increased government transparency without negatively affecting individuals’ privacy. |
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Code of Procedure for Matters under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 | Best Practices , Professional Guidelines | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
This Code of Procedure describes the processes the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) follows when it assesses matters under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, including complaints, Custodian-reported files and IPC-initiated files. |
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PHIPA Practice Direction #5: Collection, Use, and Disclosure Complaint Form | Best Practices , Professional Guidelines , Practice Directions | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
PHIPA Practice Direction #4: Access/Correction Complaint Form | Best Practices , Professional Guidelines , Practice Directions | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
PHIPA Practice Direction #2: Responding to a Request for Access to Personal Health Information | Best Practices , Professional Guidelines , Practice Directions | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
PHIPA Practice Direction #1: Clarifying Access Requests | Best Practices , Practice Directions , Professional Guidelines | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
In Ontario, individuals have a right to request access to their health information pursuant to the Personal Health Information Protection Act. This Practice Direction provides clarification to assist health information custodians when they are responding to an individual’s access request(s). |
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PHIPA Practice Direction #3: Publicly Released Decisions Under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 | Best Practices , Practice Directions , Professional Guidelines | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
The Code of Procedure for Matters under the Personal Health Information Protection Act (Act) describes the processes the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) follows when it assesses matters under the Act, including complaints, Custodian-reported files and IPC-initiated files. This Practice Direction describes what to expect once the IPC has made a Decision on a matter it has reviewed pursuant to the Act, and it intends to release the Decision to the public. |
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Big Data and Your Privacy Rights | Fact Sheets | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
The emergence of big data as a tool to manage and analyze large and complex data sets offers great promise and opportunity, but also raises serious privacy challenges and considerations, especially to personal privacy. Public and health sector institutions increasingly use big data tools to improve programs and public services and ensure they are supported by better evidence. As the oversight agency for the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Personal Health Information Protection Act, the IPC is... |
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The Privacy Protective Roadmap-Issues and solutions in the context of a collaborative service delivery development: The Situation Table | Webinars | Read moreExpand | |||
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Think Before You Click Poster (8.5x14) | Fact Sheets | Download | Read moreExpand | ||