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Norfolk County records on wrongful dismissal insurance claim excluded from freedom of information access
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 …
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City of Stratford barred from releasing records tied to worker complaints under privacy law exclusion
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 …
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OIPC orders Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan to disclose emails withheld as investigation records
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 …
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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 …
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Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner has ordered Calgary Police Service to respond to an access request made in April 2025, after the police service failed to meet statutory timelines and …
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Pregnancy discrimination claim tossed after worker fails to address termination letter citing privacy breach
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has dismissed a discrimination application after finding a worker failed to prove her pregnancy was a factor in her termination, despite allegations her supervisor… …
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SFU did not breach privacy act in sharing shuttle driver complaint with employer, court rules
A British Columbia court has dismissed a petition by a former campus shuttle driver who claimed Simon Fraser University (SFU) breached privacy law when it passed along a worker’s complaint …
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Union official’s privacy lawsuit dismissed after credit card audit report led to election loss
A BC Supreme Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a former union official who claimed privacy violations and the release of an audit report about her credit card …
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The Nunavut Information and Privacy Commissioner has found the territorial government’s Human Resources department violated privacy law by failing to properly explain why it was collecting personal in… Free Membership …

