Jun 03 2016
On June 1st, 2016, IPC Adjudicator John Higgins released his decision (PO-3617) in a case involving OHIP billings.
This case arose from an access to information request to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care for the names, specialities and payments made to OHIP’s top 100 billers in each o...
Apr 28 2016
Today our office submitted a set of eight recommendations to the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services on its Strategy for a Safer Ontario consultation, which includes a review of the Police Services Act (PSA). We are pleased the Ministry is openly engaging with the public and ot...
Apr 22 2016
Freedom of information legislation provides Ontarians with rights of access to records held by government institutions. Government transparency and access to information are vital for a free and functioning democracy because they allow for meaningful participation in the democratic process and ac...
Apr 15 2016
Our office is pleased to announce that we will be participating in the Global Privacy Enforcement Network’s (GPEN) annual “Privacy Sweep” (Sweep) initiative, where privacy enforcement authorities work together to protect the privacy rights of individuals around the world.
This year’s them...
Mar 24 2016
As part of our Reaching Out to Ontario outreach program, the Information and Privacy Commissioner is pleased to announce a special event we will be hosting at Queen’s University on May 4. Commissioner Brian Beamish and other IPC leaders will use this occasion to update Ontarians on the access a...
Mar 03 2016
Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Brian Beamish, submitted his comments this afternoon to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy on the Health Information Protection Act, 2015. The Commissioner’s submission is divided into two distinct sections. The first relates to proposed a...
Feb 22 2016
The IPC signed the Memorandum of Understanding below with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) related to the administration and enforcement of the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
M...
Feb 19 2016
This week, the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly presented its report recommending an e-petition system be added to the Assembly’s existing petition procedures. The report highlights many of the recommendations presented by Commissioner Beamish in his October 21, 2015 submission. I...
Feb 16 2016
Cloud computing is a method of providing information and communication technology resources to individuals and organizations as an online service. It allows organizations with broad network access to tap into a shared pool of virtually unlimited computing resources hosted elsewhere, whether maint...
Feb 04 2016
In a decision that will be of interest to public institutions across Ontario, the IPC has ordered the city of Oshawa to issue an access decision about an email that Councillor Nancy Diamond sent using her personal email account. The email asked an investigator for feedback on the terms of his ev...