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Electronic Records and Document Management Systems: A New Tool for Enhancing the Public's Right to Access Government-Held Information?

Electronic Records and Document Management Systems: A New Tool for Enhancing the Public's Right to Access Government-Held Information? … This paper examines the role that electronic records and document management systems (ERDMSs) can play in enhancing the public's right to access information from …

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- Published on July 1, 2003

Statement from the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario on Supreme Court decision not to release mandate letters

Statement from the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario on Supreme Court decision not to release mandate letters … Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision that the government …

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- Published on February 2, 2024

Artificial Intelligence in the public sector: Building trust now and for the future

Artificial Intelligence in the public sector: Building trust now and for the future … On January 24, 2024, the IPC had the pleasure of hosting Ontarians to a public event in celebration of Data Privacy Day. The theme was Modern Government: Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector . If you …

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- Published on February 1, 2024

Routine Disclosure/Active Dissemination: A Best Practice in the City of Mississauga

Routine Disclosure/Active Dissemination: A Best Practice in the City of Mississauga … Routine Disclosure/Active Dissemination: A Best Practice in the City of …

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- Published on November 1, 2000

Backgrounder for Senior Managers on the Role of Freedom of Information and Privacy Co-ordinators relating to Access to Information

Backgrounder for Senior Managers on the Role of Freedom of Information and Privacy Co-ordinators relating to Access to Information … Each provincial and municipal government organization has a Co-ordinator. This Backgrounder looks at the critically important role that Co-ordinators play. … …

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- Published on September 1, 1999

IPC Practices No. 22 - Routine Disclosure/Active Dissemination (RD/AD) of Government Information

IPC Practices No. 22 - Routine Disclosure/Active Dissemination (RD/AD) of Government Information … Tip sheet for government organizations on information management. … IPC Practices No. 22 - Routine Disclosure/Active Dissemination (RD/AD) of Government …

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- Published on September 1, 1998

Privacy Day 2024 Event: Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector

Privacy Day 2024 Event: Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector … Gain a clearer understanding of the necessities, challenges, and opportunities of regulating AI technologies to ensure they are used in ways that are safe, transparent, accountable, and ethically responsible. Watch this video …

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- Published on January 29, 2024

Ontario joins Canadian privacy regulators in passing resolutions on the privacy of young people and workers

Ontario joins Canadian privacy regulators in passing resolutions on the privacy of young people and workers … TORONTO, ON, October 6, 2023 — Privacy authorities from across the country are calling on their respective governments to improve privacy legislation to protect young people and employees — …

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- Published on October 6, 2023

Ontario joins Canada’s information regulators’ call to modernize the access to information regime

Ontario joins Canada’s information regulators’ call to modernize the access to information regime … Today, Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial Information Commissioners and Ombuds signed a joint resolution aimed at reinforcing the public's right to access government-held information. …

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- Published on October 2, 2023

RTKW 2023: Why access to information matters more than ever!

RTKW 2023: Why access to information matters more than ever! … For a topic that doesn’t often get as much media attention as its privacy counterpart, access to information has been making a lot more headlines this year. Many are urging the government to improve access to information legislation, …

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- Published on September 20, 2023

Commissioner Kosseim on "Leadership in the Digital Enterprise"

Commissioner Kosseim on "Leadership in the Digital Enterprise" … Commissioner Patricia Kosseim appeared on “Leadership in the Digital Enterprise” on April 6, 2023. The title of this episode was “A conversation with Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner, Patricia Kosseim.” … Commissioner …

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- Published on April 6, 2023

Right to Know Week 2022

Right to Know Week 2022 … Right to Know Week 2022 …

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- Published on September 6, 2022

Right to Know Week: Prioritizing transparency in a modern government

Right to Know Week: Prioritizing transparency in a modern government … September 27 to October 3 is a special time, celebrated across the country, to raise awareness about access rights and freedom of information. I’ll be joining my fellow commissioners in a series of activities throughout the week …

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- Published on September 27, 2021

Vaccine passports must meet highest level of privacy protection

Vaccine passports must meet highest level of privacy protection … May 19, 2021 – Privacy should be front and centre as governments and businesses consider COVID-19 vaccine passports as a tool to help Canadians return to normal life, say Canada’s privacy guardians. Vaccine passports would allow …

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- Published on May 19, 2021

It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Read Twice, Click Once

It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Read Twice, Click Once … News of cyberattacks continues to dominate headlines across the country. From individual instances of identity theft to large-scale ransomware attacks involving millions of people, these malicious assaults on our personal data systems …

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- Published on October 15, 2020

Right to Know Week: Putting access rights in the spotlight

Right to Know Week: Putting access rights in the spotlight … This is my first Right to Know Week as Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner. I am excited to join my fellow commissioners from across the country in raising awareness about access rights and freedom of information from September …

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- Published on October 15, 2020

A whole new kind of “homework”: Ensuring access and privacy rights from the hearth

A whole new kind of “homework”: Ensuring access and privacy rights from the hearth … The new work-from-home reality hit many of us like a ton of bricks - bricks and mortar, that is. From a usual Friday afternoon at our office desks, surrounded by familiar people and things... to a Monday morning …

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- Published on July 23, 2020

2019 Annual Report

2019 Annual Report … 2019 Annual Report …

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- Published on March 3, 2020

Order MO-3827 – A Streetcar Named Disclosure

Order MO-3827 – A Streetcar Named Disclosure … The conversation about the compelling public interest override is ongoing for those of us who administer provincial access laws. Supporting the public’s efforts to access government information is important. It’s also vital that institutions carefully …

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- Published on October 30, 2019

Order PO-3972 – Public institutions are not immune to accountability and transparency

Order PO-3972 – Public institutions are not immune to accountability and transparency … Despite the existence of access and privacy laws for the last three decades, some public institutions still occasionally lose sight of their purpose, which is to promote transparent and accountable government. A …

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- Published on October 9, 2019