Interpretation Bulletin: Labour Relations … This interpretation bulletin outlines the labour relations or employment records exclusions, as set out in section 65(6) of the Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection Act (FIPPA) and section 52(3) of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Privacy …
Toronto Public Library cyberattack: A wake-up call for stronger security … Case of Note: File MR23-00112 Background In November 2023, the Toronto Public Library (TPL) reported a cybersecurity breach to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC). The breach, which …
MO-4632 … An individual made a request to the Ottawa Police Services Board (the police) for records relating to a specified incident involving a rental car. The police granted partial access to the police report explaining that disclosure of some of the information would endanger the security of a …
MO-4633 … An individual made a request to the Waterloo Regional Police Services Board under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to policies and records related to an investigation about a complaint against a member of the police. The police …
PO-4615 … The ministry received multiple requests for records related to the death of the appellants’ son. This appeal deals with records about a related breach of trust investigation into a police officer who investigated the death. The ministry initially withheld the majority of the records under …
PO-4616 … The appellant asked the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for copies of specific contracts, bid submissions for certain requests for proposal, and other related information. The Board provided access to some records but denied access to parts of an unsuccessful bid submission on the …
Innomar Strategies Cyberattack: Review of Security Practices and Recommendations … A cybersecurity attack on Innomar Strategies’ systems resulted in the exfiltration of a significant number of individuals’ personal health information. The threat actor(s) gained access to an affiliate through a …
CYFSA Decision 21 … The complainant is the mother of a child who was placed in the care of Ogwadeni:deo (the service provider) by a court order. For a period while the child was in its care under the terms of the court order, the service provider received child benefits from the federal government …
CYFSA Decision 22 … A joint custodial parent of a four-year-old child asked for records containing his child’s personal information. The children’s aid society denied his request on the basis that, as a parent with joint custody, the complainant requires the consent of the child’s other joint …
MO-4629 … The City of Mississauga (the city) received a request under the Act for access to three spreadsheets of voter information from the October 22, 2018 municipal election. The city issued a decision denying access to the responsive spreadsheets under the mandatory personal privacy exemption …
MO-4630 … A requester sought access to a city bus video of an incident involving a then sitting city councillor. The city relied on the personal privacy exemption at section 14(1) of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to deny access to the responsive record. This …
MO-4631 … An individual submitted a request to the Ottawa Community Housing Corporation (the housing corporation) under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for the name of an individual involved in a theft. The housing corporation granted partial access to the …
PO-4612 … An individual asked the Ministry of Health (the ministry) for records, under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act), related to his employment file with the ministry, including records related to his union’s dealings with the ministry, and to harassment and …
PO-4613 … The appellant, a lawyer, made a request to the Ministry of the Solicitor General for records of calibration tests performed on a specific breathalyzer used by a detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police over a two-month period. The appellant was asking for results of periodic …
PO-4614 … A graduate of the University of Waterloo made a request, under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, for records related to an accommodation request that he made during a certain period of time. This appeal is about the university’s decision to withhold one record …
PHIPA DECISION 274 … An individual asked a hospital for records from her deceased father’s two-day hospital stay. After receiving records from the hospital, the complainant stated that additional records should exist. In this decision, the adjudicator finds that the hospital conducted a reasonable …
PHIPA DECISION 275 … An individual asked a hospital for access to correspondence, messages and documentation between specified doctors related to her deceased father’s two-day hospital stay. After receiving records from the hospital, the complainant stated that additional records should exist. In …
Sharing Information in Situations Involving Intimate Partner Violence: Guidance for Professionals … A presentation by Karishma Firdausi, Policy Analyst, to the Oxford County Leadership Table Violence Against Women Coordinating Committee on the IPC’s guidance, Sharing Information in Situations …