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Interpretation Bulletin: Correction of Personal Information

This interpretation bulletin outlines the factors for determining whether an individual’s request to correct their personal information may be granted. In cases where a correction is not granted, it explains whether a statement of disagreement should be attached to the information, as set out in
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- Published on Apr 22, 2025

Research Report - Surveillance and Algorithmic Management at Work: Capabilities, Trends, and Legal Implications

Workplace surveillance can take many forms, from monitoring employee productivity, tracking online activity or even as part of the hiring process. The IPC commissioned Dr. Adam Molnar, Assistant Professor, Sociology and Legal Studies at the University of Waterloo, to produce an overview of workplace
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- Published on Mar 19, 2025

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 system vulnerability and moved laterally to gain access to Innomar’s systems. Read the
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- Published on Mar 6, 2025

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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 Involving Intimate Partner Violence.

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- Published on Mar 6, 2025

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S4-Episode 11: The best of season 4

In this special retrospective episode of Info Matters, Commissioner, Patricia Kosseim revisits season four’s standout conversations. Highlights include junior high students' views on privacy, Cynthia Khoo on facial recognition, and Robert Fabes on how people experiencing homelessness perceive...

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- Published on Feb 12, 2025

Ensuring secure disposal of health records: Out of sight is not out of mind!

Case of Note: PHIPA Decision 266 Background A complaint was brought to the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) alleging that a health clinic had failed to securely dispose of records of personal health information (PHI). To support the allegations, photographs of patient records
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- Published on Feb 10, 2025

IPC Privacy Day event — The power of PETs: Privacy enhancing technologies

Event - January 28, 2025, 9:15am - 12pm
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 9:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST Toronto ( MaRS Discovery District ) and online Join Commissioner Kosseim for a panel discussion with privacy experts from the public and private sectors, academia, and law to gain a clearer understanding of what privacy enhancing technologies are
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The IPC joins regulators from around the world at the 2024 Global Privacy Assembly

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) joined data protection and privacy authorities from more than 130 countries at the 46th Global Privacy Assembly (GPA) to address universal data-related challenges facing all of us around the world. Held in the Bailiwick of...
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- Published on Nov 19, 2024

Sharing Information in Situations Involving Intimate Partner Violence: Guidance for Professionals

This guidance assists justice, health, and social services professionals in making informed decisions about privacy, confidentiality, and public safety in situations of intimate partner violence (IPV) risk. The guidance is intended to support professionals by explaining when Ontario’s privacy laws
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- Published on May 28, 2024

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Assessing Risk, Building Safety

The IPC joined a panel discussion with experts to discuss privacy and information sharing permitted under Ontario’s privacy laws.

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- Published on May 17, 2024