Ontario Privacy Commissioner

• Ontario urged to develop ‘guardrails’ on public sector use of AI

  Ontario'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.

  Canada

  May 25, 2023
  
• Whistleblowers allege U of T data project collected 600K patient records without consent

  A 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.

  Health

  Jan 23, 2023
  
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• University of Guelph students’ privacy not violated by vaccine mandate: privacy commissioner

  Ontario's privacy commissioner says the University of Guelph's COVID-19 vaccine mandate did not violate the privacy of its students. 

  Health

  Apr 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."

  Canada

  Aug 5, 2020
• Ontario privacy commissioner recommends updating laws to prepare for smart cities

  Ontario's information and privacy commissioner is calling on the provincial government to review and modernize its privacy laws.

  Tech

  Jul 4, 2019
• Ontario’s privacy commissioner warns Hamilton about changing CCTV bylaw

  Brian Beamish addressed his concerns about amending the current CCTV by-law in a letter addressed to Fred Eisenberger and Eric Girt.

  Crime

  Feb 13, 2018
• Ontario privacy commission says province overcharged group

  Ontario's privacy commission ordered the $4,200 fee quoted by the provincial government be reduced to $750.

  Canada

  Jul 31, 2017
• Ontario privacy watchdog criticizes secrecy about facilities that provide assisted dying

  Privacy 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.

  Health

  Jun 21, 2017
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• Pan Am senior staff did not erase hard drives to avoid accountability: watchdog

  Ontario'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.

  Politics

  Sep 29, 2016