Seasons Greetings and a Happy New Year to all!

Save the Date – Top of Mind webinar -privacy commissioners from across Canada – January 31 noon Eastern

New Zealand Privacy Commissioner consults on biometric code

Ontario -updated guidelines re: automated license Plate Readers

Consultation – federal Directive on Automated Decision Making

Life Labs investigation report, Ontario and BC

Privacy cases summarized – Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt

Ontario’s IPC has podcast on indigenous data prospectives

Guidelines

March 17, 2021

Application to Disregard an Access to Information Request or Request for Correction

Application to Disregard an Access to Information Request or Request for Correction A Guide for Public Bodies and Applicants This resource will explain what a public body or applicant needs to know about disregarding applications and requests pursuant to section 45.1 of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP) and section 43.1... read more

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March 17, 2021

Understanding the Duty to Assist

A Guide for Public Bodies Understanding the Duty to Assist This guide provides assistance to public bodies in understanding their duty to assist applicants which requires reasonable effort to not only identify and seek out records responsive to an applicant’s access to information request, but to explain the steps in the process and seek any... read more

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March 17, 2021

Guide to Requesting a Review from the IPC (LA FOIP)

A Guide for Applicants Guide to Requesting a Review from the IPC (LA FOIP) This guide provides assistance to individuals who are dissatisfied with a local authority’s response to their access to information request.  This guide focuses on The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (LA FOIP). What is a request... read more

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