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Adding an On/Off Device to Activate the RFID in Enhanced Driver’s Licences: Pioneering a Made-in-Ontario Transformative Technology that Delivers Both Privacy and Security

Adding an On/Off Device to Activate the RFID in Enhanced Driver’s Licences: Pioneering a Made-in-Ontario Transformative Technology that Delivers Both Privacy and Security … This discussion paper describes the IPC’s work in toward the implementation of an on/off device allowing holders of an …

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- Published on March 19, 2009

Reference Check: Is Your Boss Watching? The New World of Social Media: Privacy and Your Facebook Profile

Reference Check: Is Your Boss Watching? The New World of Social Media: Privacy and Your Facebook Profile … Social networking websites such as Facebook are now so popular that they are being used by employers to screen prospects. Information you post on your profile for the amusement of you and your …

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- Published on October 24, 2007

Safeguarding Privacy on Mobile Devices

Safeguarding Privacy on Mobile Devices … A brochure outlining suggested best practices for securing mobile devices (PDAs, laptops, etc.) and protecting the information carried out of the workplace on them. Steps are organized into sections: Before you Walk out of the Workplace, While you are Out …

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- Published on June 14, 2007

Fact Sheet #13 - Wireless Communications Technologies: Video Surveillance Systems

Fact Sheet #13 - Wireless Communications Technologies: Video Surveillance Systems … Fact Sheet about the use of wireless CCTV cameras. … Fact Sheet #13 - Wireless Communications Technologies: Video Surveillance …

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- Published on June 7, 2007

The Security-Privacy Paradox: Issues, Misconceptions and Strategies

The Security-Privacy Paradox: Issues, Misconceptions and Strategies … This joint paper produced by IPC Ontario and Deloitte & Touche provides hands-on advice for developing strategies for information security and privacy protection. … The Security-Privacy Paradox: Issues, Misconceptions and …

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- Published on August 1, 2003

Guidelines on Facsimile Transmission Security

Guidelines on Facsimile Transmission Security … This updated paper sets out guidelines for government institutions to consider when developing systems and procedures to maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information transmitted by fax. … Guidelines on Facsimile Transmission …

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- Published on January 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

Best Practices for Online Privacy Protection

Best Practices for Online Privacy Protection … An educative tool designed to help companies identify and implement appropriate practices for protecting the privacy of their online customers. … Best Practices for Online Privacy …

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- Published on June 1, 2001

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

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