News Releases

The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) has released four new classroom-ready lesson plans to help educators teach students in grades two through eight about privacy rights, digital literacy, and online safety, just in time for back-to-school. These free lesson plans prepared by...

TORONTO, ON (June 7, 2023) – Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Patricia Kosseim, is calling on the Ontario government to put in place a robust framework to govern the public sector’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The recommendation is included in the 2022 a...

TORONTO, May 25, 2023 – The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) and the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) recognize their complementary mandates to uphold the fundamental worth and dignity of Ontarians by promoting, protecting, and advancing their human rights, includ...

TORONTO, ON (May 11, 2023) – Ontario’s public institutions have risen to the challenge, sharing their best and brightest projects to shine a light on the benefits of government transparency and open data. Today, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) unveiled ...

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) has concluded its review of the high number of privacy breaches at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton due to misdirected faxes. Misdirected faxes are the leading cause of unauthorized disclosure of personal health information...

Artificial intelligence  and facial recognition technology were front and centre at the 44th Global Privacy Assembly (GPA). As part of the GPA’s International Enforcement Cooperation Working Group, the IPC co-led the development of a resolution on principles and expectations for the appropriat...

Proposals for digital identity are emerging in Canada and around the world. The goal is to make it easier for individuals, businesses, and governments to confirm identity information and carry out transactions online. Privacy and transparency must be at the core of any digital ID system that peop...

TORONTO, ON (September 28, 2022) – Today, on International Right to Know Day, the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) launched a Transparency Challenge, calling on public institutions to share their innovative projects or programs that improve government transparency for the b...

TORONTO, ON, Sept. 21, 2022 – Protecting sensitive personal health information is critical to maintaining Canadians’ trust in the health system. Despite rapid digital advancements in the healthcare sector, using outdated and vulnerable technologies such as faxes and unencrypted email threaten...

Today, the IPC supported a declaration of the members of the International Conference of Information Commissioners at the 13th Annual Conference: “Access to information as a milestone of the digital age to guarantee human rights, the inclusion of groups in situations of vulnerability and t...