Privacy

Ontario is requiring hospitals, school boards and other public sector organizations to meet new cyber security standards under sweeping changes to the province’s access and privacy framework — the fir… …

A former Sheridan College employee’s bid to obtain records related to meetings about his employment has been dismissed, with an adjudicator finding the records are excluded from Ontario’s freedom of …

A fire communications strategy report commissioned by the City of Vaughan is not subject to Ontario’s freedom of information legislation because it relates to labour relations matters, an adjudicator … …

A Saskatchewan privacy review has been discontinued after the University of Saskatchewan released an employee’s complete central HR personnel file, rendering the dispute over whether the original requ… Free Membership …

By Neil McArthur Amid the recent, dizzying advances in generative AI, it’s been easy to miss the slow but steady progress in facial recognition over the last decade. In the …

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A former county employee who sued for wrongful dismissal cannot use Ontario’s freedom of information law to access records about the county’s insurance coverage for that claim, an adjudicator has …

A privacy adjudicator has dismissed an appeal by a member of the public seeking access to records behind a city’s decision to bar them from municipal property, ruling the documents …

An Alberta employee benefits organization must release emails it wrongly withheld from a disability claimant, an adjudicator with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has ruled, find… Free …

Alberta’s government is asking residents and businesses to weigh in on updates to the province’s 15-year-old privacy legislation through a public survey running until Feb. 17. The Personal Information… Free …