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Guardrails for Police Use of Investigative Genetic Genealogy in Ontario

Guardrails for Police Use of Investigative Genetic Genealogy in Ontario … While investigative genetic genealogy is a valuable tool for solving crimes and bringing closure to grieving families, there are no clear laws for how police can use it, and under what circumstances. This raises significant …

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- Published on June 17, 2025

IPC FYI: Access to Information Appeals Series

IPC FYI: Access to Information Appeals Series … Welcome to the IPC FYI series on Access to information appeals. In this series, we guide you through everything you need to know about filing an appeal with our office. Watch the videos below for a step-by-step look at the Appeals process, and explore …

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- Published on June 9, 2025

MO-4654

MO-4654 … The appellant made a request under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for records relating to an identified address. The city located records relating to by-law complaints and granted the appellant partial access to them. The city withheld portions of the …

Decisions

- Published on June 3, 2025

MO-4655

MO-4655 … The sole issue in this appeal is whether the Town of East Gwillimbury conducted a reasonable search for records responsive to the appellant’s request under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. In this order, the adjudicator finds that the town conducted a …

Decisions

- Published on June 3, 2025

MO-4656

MO-4656 … An individual made a request under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for the names and contact information of her neighbours who called 911 about her. The Toronto Police Services Board denied access to the information relying on the discretionary personal …

Decisions

- Published on June 3, 2025

PO-4657

PO-4657 … An individual made a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for records related to complaints made about them to the Ontario Securities Commission. The OSC disclosed to the individual some records. It withheld some records on the basis that their disclosure …

Decisions

- Published on June 3, 2025

PO-4655

PO-4655 … Infrastructure Ontario (IO) received a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for records about an IO review of a named employee and infrastructure projects. IO located a letter, but claimed that it was excluded from the Act under section 65(6) (employment …

Decisions

- Published on May 29, 2025

Chief Privacy Officers Forum keynote: Privacy and the AI regulatory landscape

Chief Privacy Officers Forum keynote: Privacy and the AI regulatory landscape … In her remarks to the Conference Board of Canada’s Chief Privacy Officers Forum, Commissioner Kosseim discusses Ontario’s opportunity to become a world leader in the responsible and trustworthy adoption of AI systems. …

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- Published on May 27, 2025

Expression of Interest for Legal Service

Expression of Interest for Legal Service … The purpose of this Expression of Interest is to identify external counsel who are interested and qualified to provide legal services to the IPC. While in-house counsel remain the preferred way of delivering legal services, the IPC may need to retain …

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- Published on May 21, 2025

MO-4652

MO-4652 … An individual made a request to the City of Toronto under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for access to original photographs from a red-light camera system. The city identified responsive records and granted the individual full access to them. The …

Decisions

- Published on May 22, 2025

MO-4653

MO-4653 … An individual submitted a request to the municipality under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for records related to emergency services budget proposals ordered disclosed in Order MO-3613. The municipality stated that it had previously disclosed all …

Decisions

- Published on May 22, 2025

PO-4650

PO-4650 … An individual asked the Ministry of the Solicitor General for video footage which he says shows him being attacked by another inmate while he was in a detention centre. The ministry denied access to the footage claiming that disclosure would be an unjustified invasion of another …

Decisions

- Published on May 22, 2025

PO-4651

PO-4651 … The requester sought access to information about individuals who called the Ontario Provincial Police about his mental health status. He made a request to the Ministry of the Solicitor General under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The ministry denied access to …

Decisions

- Published on May 22, 2025

PO-4652-I

PO-4652-I … The appellant submitted a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for the calendar of the former Executive Director of Stakeholder Relations in the Premier’s Office for the period from June 1 to December 31, 2022. Cabinet Office located …

Decisions

- Published on May 22, 2025

PO-4653

PO-4653 … Infrastructure Ontario (IO) received a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for land survey records related to the proposed Eastern Ontario Correctional Complex. IO located a survey and withheld it under the section 18(1)(a) exemption for an institution’s …

Decisions

- Published on May 22, 2025

PO-4654

PO-4654 … The sole issue in this appeal is whether the Ministry of the Solicitor General conducted a reasonable search for records responsive to the appellant’s request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. In this order, the adjudicator finds that the ministry conducted a …

Decisions

- Published on May 22, 2025

PHIPA DECISION 280

PHIPA DECISION 280 … The complainant made an access request to a doctor for records relating to his child’s health care. The doctor located and granted access to records. The complainant filed a complaint based on his belief that additional records should exist. In PHIPA Decision 272, the …

Decisions

- Published on May 22, 2025

Commissioner keynote: 2025 Synthetic Data Summit

Commissioner keynote: 2025 Synthetic Data Summit … Commissioner Kosseim discusses how privacy enhancing technologies (PETs) offer a way to support data-driven innovation, while protecting privacy. She calls on regulators to put forward tools and guidance to support the responsible adoption of PETs …

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- Published on May 16, 2025

CYFSA Decision 27

CYFSA Decision 27 … The complainant asked the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa for all its records between 2013 and early 2021 of investigations involving her, her children and the children’s father. The CAS partially released responsive records to the complainant, withholding portions containing …

Decisions

- Published on May 16, 2025