Guidance for Organizations
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner publishes guidance documents to promote compliance with Ontario’s access and privacy laws.
New materials are posted on an ongoing basis. If you are looking for a guidance on a topic that is not listed here, please contact us.
This post is also available in: French
| Title / Description | Topic | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||
|
Open Government and Protecting Privacy
The IPC strongly supports Open Government initiatives and encourages Ontario institutions to be more open and transparent, and to enhance their engagement with the public. This document offers guidance for institutions on how to move towards increased government transparency without negatively affecting individuals’ privacy. |
Open Government | Privacy | Privacy And Transparency In A Modern Government | Special Reports | Mar 15 2017 |
|
|
|||
|
Improving Access and Privacy with Records and Information Management
This guidance is designed to help institutions implement better record and information management practices and enhance the public’s ability to access information. |
Access | Access Request Process | Appeal Process | Legislation | Open Government | Privacy And Transparency In A Modern Government | Best Practices | Papers | Professional Guidelines | Nov 03 2016 |
|
|
|||
|
Open Government: Key Implementation Considerations
This guidance document provides institutions with an overview of important factors to consider when implementing Open Government including the need for institutional leadership, commitment, governance and resources to support culture change and sustain the program over time, learning from others, engaging both internal and external users, and meeting legal... |
Open Government | Privacy And Transparency In A Modern Government | Papers | Sep 06 2016 |
|
|
|||
|
Open Government: Key Concepts and Benefits
This guidance paper is intended as a starting point for institutions considering Open Government and highlights two critical goals: enhancing access to government-held information and public participation. It includes a discussion about making government-held information open by default and at little or no cost, and ways to enable a true two-way dialogue with the... |
Access | Open Government | Privacy And Transparency In A Modern Government | Papers | Professional Guidelines | Sep 05 2016 |
|
|
|||
|
Open Contracting: Proactive Disclosure of Procurement Records
|
Access | Open Government | Privacy And Transparency In A Modern Government | Papers | Professional Guidelines | Sep 21 2015 |
|
|
|||
|
Privacy Guidelines for Municipalities Regulating Businesses Dealing in Second-hand Goods
Commissioner Ann Cavoukian prepared these Guidelines to provide Ontario municipalities with a framework to meet the privacy requirements under MFIPPA. |
Open Government | Privacy | Professional Guidelines | Sep 14 2007 |
|
|
|||
|
Mediation checklist
This post is also available in: French |
Appeal Process | Open Government | Best Practices | Professional Guidelines | Jan 19 2007 |
|
|
|||
|
Drafting a Letter Responding to a Request for Information
This post is also available in: French |
Access | Open Government | Professional Guidelines | Nov 04 2005 |
|
|
|||
|
Promoting Transparency through the Electronic Dissemination of Information
An IPC paper prepared for the Symposium on E-Governance for the 21st Century, sponsored by the Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy. It has been included as a chapter in E-Government Reconsidered: Transformation of Governance for the Knowledge Age, a book published in April, 2004. |
Open Government | Papers | Apr 01 2004 |
|
|
|||
|
Electronic Records and Document Management Systems: A New Tool for Enhancing the Public’s Right to Access Government-Held Information?
This paper examines the role that electronic records and document management systems (ERDMSs) can play in enhancing the public’s right to access information from government institutions in Ontario. |
Access | Information Management | Open Government | Papers | Jul 01 2003 |
|
|
|||
|
Routine Disclosure/Active Dissemination: A Best Practice in the City of Mississauga
This post is also available in: French |
Access | Open Government | Best Practices | Nov 01 2000 |
|
|
|||
|
Backgrounder for Senior Managers on the Role of Freedom of Information and Privacy Co-ordinators relating to Access to Information
Each provincial and municipal government organization has a Co-ordinator. This Backgrounder looks at the critically important role that Co-ordinators play. |
Access | Access Request Process | Open Government | Privacy | Papers | Sep 01 1999 |
|
|
|||
|
IPC Practices No. 22 – Routine Disclosure/Active Dissemination (RD/AD) of Government Information
Tip sheet for government organizations on information management. |
Access | Information Management | Open Government | Best Practices | IPC Practices | Professional Guidelines | Sep 01 1998 |
