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- Published on Apr 11, 2017

Recent IPC Decisions – March

Every month, the IPC makes decisions on access to information appeals and privacy complaints. Here is a sampling of four recent decisions: PO-3686 (University of Ottawa) – The university decided that a former employee’s request for a psychiatrist’s report about him was excluded from the scope of

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- Published on Mar 20, 2017

PHIPA Practice Direction #4: Access/Correction Complaint Form

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- Published on Feb 28, 2017

PHIPA Practice Direction #2: Responding to a Request for Access to Personal Health Information

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- Published on Feb 28, 2017

PHIPA Practice Direction #1: Clarifying Access Requests

In Ontario, individuals have a right to request access to their health information pursuant to the Personal Health Information Protection Act. This Practice Direction provides clarification to assist health information custodians when they are responding to an individual’s access request(s).

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- Published on Feb 28, 2017

Recent IPC Decisions – February

Every month, the IPC makes decisions on access to information appeals and privacy complaints. Here is a sampling of four recent decisions: INTERIM ORDER PO-3673-I (Ministry of the Attorney General) - The requester was convicted of manslaughter in 1986 and released from prison in 1992. He had

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- Published on Feb 10, 2017

PHIPA Practice Direction #3: Publicly Released Decisions Under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004

The Code of Procedure for Matters under the Personal Health Information Protection Act (Act) describes the processes the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) follows when it assesses matters under the Act, including complaints, Custodian-reported files and IPC-initiated files

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- Published on Feb 1, 2017

Recent Key IPC Decisions (January)

Every month, IPC adjudicators make decisions on access to information appeals and privacy complaints. Here are four recent key decisions: MO-3376 (City of Hamilton) A city decision to release copies of a successful proposal relating to the city’s purchase of refuse packers, as well as any associated

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- Published on Jan 18, 2017

Univ. of Alberta - Access and Privacy Conference

Event - June 14, 2017, 8pm - June 15, 2017, 8pm

Commissioner, Brian Beamish, will be participating in a Commissioner’s Round Table on June 15, and will be giving a keynote presentation on June 16. For more information and to register, visit AccessandPrivacy.

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Statement from Commissioner Brian Beamish on the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Submission of False FOI Compliance Statistics

In June 2016 I had the honour to present the 2015 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, including a full array of statistics, to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Included in this report, as has been customary over the years, are tables showing compliance by

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