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The staff at the OIPC recently watched a webinar called The Art of Persuasive Speaking put on by The Canadian Bar Association. Some of the points made in the webinar are relevant to public bodies providing submissions to our office. I thought I would share some further tips pulled from that webinar. When you want... read more
New Resources Help to Make Charging Fees a Breeze
The IPC has developed two new resources to assist public bodies when charging fees related to access requests. The first resource, Steps to Charging Fees is a one page document that outlines the steps public bodies should take for reasonable cost recovery associated with providing access to records. The second resource, Fee Estimate: Quick Calculation... read more
Webinar: Modern Age Severing Made A Lot Easier
I am pleased to share with you our latest webinar Modern Age Severing Made A Lot Easier. This webinar will take a look at severing under The Freedom of Information and Privacy Act, The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and The Health Information Protection Act. It touches briefly on manual... read more
Updates to the IPC Guide to Exemptions
Our office has recently posted an updated version of its resource, IPC Guide to Exemptions. It is dated October 19, 2017. The updates include the following: Review Report 010-2017 to 014-2017 – added new test for time associated with searching active email accounts; Addition of “regulation” to second part of test for 15(1)(b) of FOIP;... read more