Information And Privacy Commissioner

• Ford accuses FOI watchdog of ‘politicizing’ transparency clamp-down

  The government is facing pushback, including from the IPC, over its plan to give political staff and government ministers near total immunity from transparency requests.

  Politics

  Mar 24
  
• Watchdog says transparency crackdown will make Ontario more secret and less secure

  Ontario's privacy watchdog says a Ford government plan to shield the premier, cabinet ministers and their staff from FOI laws is out step with rules elsewhere in Canada.

  Politics

  Mar 21
  
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• Alberta privacy commissioner raises concerns over government bills

  Diane McLeod, Alberta's independent privacy and information commissioner, is concerned changes to existing FOIP rules would give the government new power to gatekeep information.

  Politics

  Nov 20, 2024
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• Ontario’s BORN birth registry breach sees data ‘taken’ from 3.4 million

  The statement said there was no evidence that any of the copied data was being misused. BORN is currently monitoring the internet, including the dark web.

  Canada

  Sep 25, 2023
• Doug Ford’s government phone unused for 3 months as transparency calls grow

  As the opposition calls for more transparency, Global News can reveal three months during the pandemic when Doug Ford failed to make a single call on his government-issued device.

  Politics

  Aug 18, 2023
• PRHC reaches $988K proposed settlement for patient privacy breaches in 2011-2012

  Between 2011 and early 2012, former employees at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre inappropriately accessed the personal information of approximately 280 patients.

  Health

  Jun 15, 2023
• Privacy commissioner investigating Alberta Energy Regulator over Kearl oilsands site leak

  Area First Nations and the Northwest Territories government have said they should have been kept in the loop on the spills from Imperial's Kearl mine tailings ponds.

  Environment

  Mar 22, 2023
• Alberta care home worker shared photos of residents, used bug eyes filter

  An Alberta health-care worker has been sentenced for taking and sharing photos of long-term care residents, including one that was distorted with a filter.

  Crime

  Dec 14, 2022
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• Saskatchewan’s health minister replaces eHealth’s board of directors

  Days after accepting a report into a privacy breach at eHealth, Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman announced a new board of directors.

  Canada

  Jan 12, 2021
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• Stolen Sask. health care data could fetch big money on dark web, expert says

  On Friday, Saskatchewan's health minister promised to monitor the web for any nefarious transactions, but a Regina IT expert says that will be a tall order.

  Canada

  Jan 9, 2021