As Canada marks National Child Day, privacy authorities from across the country have issued a joint resolution to help ensure that privacy rights and the best interests of children are paramount in the development, procurement, and deployment of educational technologies (EdTech). The resolution, was unanimously adopted at the annual meeting of Canada’s information and privacy regulators in … Read more
Federal, provincial, and territorial information and privacy commissioners and ombuds with responsibilities under access and privacy laws have concluded their annual meeting in Banff, Alta. The two-day meeting, hosted by the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta, included discussions on a broad range of privacy and access to information issues, with a strong focus on … Read more
Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner Patricia Kosseim has signed an updated memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Canada’s Privacy Commissioner, Philippe Dufresne, to enhance collaboration and information sharing between their offices. This agreement reflects important new powers granted to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) under Ontario’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). Recent legislative amendments to FIPPA now … Read more