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DownloadRevised Sept. 2014.
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DownloadThe brochure explains the IPC’s outreach program to schools in Ontario, specifically for grade 5
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DownloadThis guide focuses on introducing students to the importance of the public values of access to government-held information and personal privacy.
Date: Sep 01 2005 Type: Resource Access: Both
DownloadOther Resources: Grade 10 Fact Sheet What Students Need to Know – Grade 11 & 12 Teacher’s Guide
Date: Dec 06 2010 Type: Resource Access: Both
DownloadThe brochure explains the IPC’s outreach program to schools in Ontario, specifically for grades 11/12
Date: Sep 01 2004 Type: Resource Access: Both
DownloadProgram focuses on introducing students to the importance of the public values of access to government-held information and personal privacy. Expanded program for Grade 11/12.
Date: Sep 01 2004 Type: Resource Access: Both
DownloadA quick overview of the key points of the municipal Act. [Revised July 2014]
Date: Jun 01 1998 Type: Resource Access: Both
DownloadThis brochure provides information on complaints about access or correction of personal health information under PHIPA.
Date: Dec 16 2004 Type: Resource Access: Both
DownloadInformation on how to file an access to information request under FIPPA or MFIPPA. [Revised Feb 2019]
Date: Apr 01 2006 Type: Resource Access: Both
DownloadConsumer information regarding appeals of a decision made to an access request under FIPPA or MFIPPA. [Revised Jan 2019]
Date: Sep 01 2000 Type: Resource Access: Public
DownloadThis brochure provides information about collection, use, disclosure and other complaints under PHIPA.
Date: Dec 01 2004 Type: Resource Access: Both
DownloadA quick overview of the key points of the provincial Act. [Revised July 2014]
Date: Mar 01 2000 Type: Resource Access: Both
DownloadOur frequently asked questions on health cards and health numbers clarify who may collect, use or disclose health numbers for health care purposes, as well as the use of health cards as a proof of identity. Originally published November 2004.
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DownloadA joint project of the Town of Newmarket and the IPC
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Date: Oct 01 2004 Type: Resource Access: Both
DownloadFact Sheet about the use of wireless CCTV cameras.
Date: Jun 07 2007 Type: Resource Access: Both
DownloadA brochure outlining suggested best practices for securing mobile devices (PDAs, laptops, etc.) and protecting the information carried out of the workplace on them. Steps are organized into sections: Before you Walk out of the Workplace, While you are Out and When You have Completed Your Work. In...
Date: Jun 14 2007 Type: Resource Access: Both
DownloadSocial networking websites such as Facebook are now so popular that they are being used by employers to screen prospects. Information you post on your profile for the amusement of you and your friends may, therefore, be viewed in a different light. This short paper cautions users of these sites a...
Date: Oct 24 2007 Type: Resource Access: Both
DownloadYour Rights under Ontario’s Freedom of Information Laws
Date: Jul 24 2008 Type: Resource Access: Both
DownloadThe Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, in Order HO-004 and Order HO-007, required that health information be safeguarded at all times, specifically by ensuring that any personal health information stored on any mobile devices (e.g., laptops, memory sticks, PDAs) be strongly encry...
Date: Jul 16 2010 Type: Resource Access: Both
DownloadThe purpose of this Fact Sheet is to provide organizations that are defined as both health information custodians under the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) and institutions under public sector privacy and access to information legislation, namely the provincial Freedom of Infor...
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DownloadOther Resources: Grade 11/12 Fact Sheet What Students Need to Know – Grade 10 Teacher’s Guide
Date: Sep 27 2011 Type: Resource Access: Both
DownloadIn Order HO-011, the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) ordered Cancer Care Ontario to discontinue its practice of transferring records of personal health information relating to its colon cancer screening program in paper format, after several courier packages containing the p...
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DownloadPractical information about identity theft, how to avoid it, and what to do if you find you are a victim.
Date: Jul 17 2012 Type: Resource Access: Both
DownloadThe emergence of big data as a tool to manage and analyze large and complex data sets offers great promise and opportunity, but also raises serious privacy challenges and considerations, especially to personal privacy. Public and health sector institutions increasingly use big data tools to impro...
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DownloadPrivacy Complaint MC17-32 Halton Regional Police Services Board Issued October 25, 2019
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