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Privacy Fact Sheet: General Data Protection Regulation | Fact Sheets | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
Fees, Fee Estimates and Fee Waivers | Best Practices , Professional Guidelines | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
Smart Cities and Your Privacy Rights | Fact Sheets | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
Joint Federal Provincial Territorial Letter to Minister of Infrastructure and Communities on Smart Cities Challenge | Letters | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
Disposing of Your Electronic Media | Best Practices , Fact Sheets | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
This fact sheet provides guidance on how Ontario public institutions and health information custodians can securely destroy personal information when disposing of electronic media. |
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Annual Reporting of Privacy Breach Statistics to the Commissioner - Requirements for the Health Sector | Best Practices , Professional Guidelines | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
Joint Federal Provincial Territorial Letter to Council of Ministers of Education on the Importance of Privacy Education | Letters | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
Big Data Guidelines | Professional Guidelines | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
Fact Sheet: Reasonable Search | Fact Sheets , Professional Guidelines | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
This fact sheet answers some frequently asked questions about reasonable searches for records. |
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Open Government and Protecting Privacy | Download | Read moreExpand | |||
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. |
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Code of Procedure for Matters under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 | Best Practices , Professional Guidelines | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
This Code of Procedure describes the processes the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) follows when it assesses matters under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, including complaints, Custodian-reported files and IPC-initiated files. |
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PHIPA Practice Direction #5: Collection, Use, and Disclosure Complaint Form | Best Practices , Practice Directions , Professional Guidelines | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
This Practice Direction includes a form individual can use to file a complaint about a contravention, or a potential contravention of the Personal Health Information Protection Act, with the Information and Privacy Commissioner. |
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PHIPA Practice Direction #4: Access/Correction Complaint Form | Best Practices , Practice Directions , Professional Guidelines | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
Under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, individuals can file a complaint with Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner if they disagree with a health information custodian's refusal to respond to all or part of their request to access or correct their records. This Practice Direction includes a form that individuals can use to submit their complaint to the Commissioner’s office. |
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PHIPA Practice Direction #2: Responding to a Request for Access to Personal Health Information | Best Practices , Practice Directions , Professional Guidelines | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
In Ontario, individuals have a right to request access to their health information pursuant to the Personal Health Information Protection Act. This Practice Direction compliments the detail within PHIPA Practice Direction #1: Clarifying Access Requests, and provides additional clarification to assist health information custodians when they are responding to an individual’s access request(s). Appended are samples of a checklist, a response letter and an index of records. |
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PHIPA Practice Direction #1: Clarifying Access Requests | Best Practices , Practice Directions , Professional Guidelines | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
In Ontario, individuals have a right to request access to their health information pursuant to the Personal Health Information Protection Act. This Practice Direction provides clarification to assist health information custodians when they are responding to an individual’s access request(s). |