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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

MO-4657

MO-4657 … An individual made a request under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for access to witness statements for a specified incident. The police denied access in full to a video recording of a witness statement because its disclosure would constitute an …

Decisions

- Published on June 12, 2025

MO-4658-R

MO-4658-R … This reconsideration order corrects two errors to the description of MPAC’s commercial revenue in Order MO-4626, and corrects the omission of a statutory reference in two other paragraphs. The corrections are made pursuant to section 15.01(c) of the IPC’s Code of Procedure, which …

Decisions

- Published on June 12, 2025

PO-4656

PO-4656 … Infrastructure Ontario (IO) received a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for planning and design records about the proposed Eastern Ontario Correctional Complex. IO identified three responsive records (a traffic impact study, a development feasibility …

Decisions

- Published on June 12, 2025

PO-4658

PO-4658 … A student made a request to the University of Waterloo under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for records relating to his own vaccine accommodation request, as well as general information for religion-based accommodation requests. The university withheld some of …

Decisions

- Published on June 12, 2025

PO-4659

PO-4659 … The ministry received a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for a report on the Ontario government’s approach to caring for individuals with specified medical conditions. The ministry located the report but withheld it under section 13(1) of the Act …

Decisions

- Published on June 12, 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

IPC in the courts

IPC in the courts … IPC in the courts …

Annual Report Inner Pages

- Published on May 28, 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. …

Multimedia

- 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 …

Resource

- 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