Ontario Privacy Commissioner
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Ontario doctor fined for breaking privacy rules to offer circumcision servicesThe Windsor, Ont., doctor maintains he did not open patient charts, and only ended up texting 17 people and calling up to 74 people to solicit their circumcision business.CanadaSep 3, 2025
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Ontario urged to develop ‘guardrails’ on public sector use of AIOntario's privacy commissioner and human rights commission say the province should put in place ``effective guardrails'' on the public sector's use of artificial intelligence.CanadaMay 25, 2023
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Whistleblowers allege U of T data project collected 600K patient records without consentA University of Toronto data project is alleged to have collected over 600,000 electronic medical records without consent. A group of family doctors is blowing the whistle.HealthJan 23, 2023
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University of Guelph students’ privacy not violated by vaccine mandate: privacy commissionerOntario's privacy commissioner says the University of Guelph's COVID-19 vaccine mandate did not violate the privacy of its students.ÂHealthApr 6, 2022
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Metrolinx investigating privacy breach after 2K email addresses of fined riders revealed"We have very, very strict policies and procedures in place to protect our customers' privacy and confidentiality, and those procedures and processes weren't followed in this instance."CanadaAug 5, 2020
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Ontario privacy commissioner recommends updating laws to prepare for smart citiesOntario's information and privacy commissioner is calling on the provincial government to review and modernize its privacy laws.TechJul 4, 2019
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Ontario’s privacy commissioner warns Hamilton about changing CCTV bylawBrian Beamish addressed his concerns about amending the current CCTV by-law in a letter addressed to Fred Eisenberger and Eric Girt.CrimeFeb 13, 2018
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Ontario privacy commission says province overcharged groupOntario's privacy commission ordered the $4,200 fee quoted by the provincial government be reduced to $750.CanadaJul 31, 2017
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Ontario privacy watchdog criticizes secrecy about facilities that provide assisted dyingPrivacy commissioner Brian Beamish is calling on the provincial government to make information identifying public facilities that provide medically assisted deaths available to those who request it.HealthJun 21, 2017
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Pan Am senior staff did not erase hard drives to avoid accountability: watchdogOntario's information and privacy commissioner says executives at Toronto's Pan Am Games committee didn't get rid of their hard drives in order to avoid accountability.PoliticsSep 29, 2016
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