Feb 03 2022
Data protection authorities around the world recognize Data Privacy Day every January 28 as a way of raising public awareness about the importance of privacy and data protection rights. In case you missed it, this past Friday the IPC continued its tradition of hosting an annual Privacy Day event,...
Jan 18 2022
How many of us have accidentally pressed “send” on an email to the wrong person? It happened to me several years ago when my flight was cancelled and I sent a late-night email to my husband from the back of a very dark cab, letting him know I was on my way home from the airport. I signed, �...
Dec 22 2021
Throughout the past year, we continued to be tested in our ability to develop and persevere in the face of change and uncertainty, inflicted by a brutal and unrelenting pandemic.
Our 2021 annual report, due out next spring, will lay out all the facts and figures of the year — numbers of cases, ...
Dec 01 2021
The health care landscape shifted dramatically in March 2020 with the onset of the pandemic. A recent study estimates that outpatient virtual care visits in Ontario increased by nearly 70 per cent from pre-pandemic levels.
While many of the tools used to provide virtual health care have been arou...
Oct 08 2021
While the COVID-19 pandemic slowed down almost every aspect of our society and has grounded to a near-halt many sectors of our economy, cybercriminals remained busier than ever and show no signs of abating.
As Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) noted in their most recent annua...
Sep 27 2021
September 27 to October 3 is a special time, celebrated across the country, to raise awareness about access rights and freedom of information. I’ll be joining my fellow commissioners in a series of activities throughout the week to put the spotlight on access to information and I hope you’ll ...
Sep 23 2021
Children use the internet for so many different things these days. They play games, watch shows and videos, visit websites, listen to music, use apps, engage in social networks, chat with family and friends, and even do schoolwork online. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, kids’ use of th...
Sep 09 2021
Last fall, when the COVID-19 pandemic steered students away from schools and into their homes, school boards and schools needed to pivot on a dime and be certain that the online tools and data management systems they adopted kept students’ personal information safe and secure. Following a long...
Aug 04 2021
From the early months of the pandemic, it became increasingly apparent that using personal health information (PHI) for critical health care, research, and public health purposes, would play a crucial role in helping us understand and control the spread of the deadly coronavirus. The importance o...
Jul 14 2021
With the rapid adoption of technology and digitization of health services, protecting patient privacy is more vital than ever to maintain Ontarians’ confidence in their health care system. This is why the IPC selected Trust in Digital Health as one of the key strategic priorities to guide our w...