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Raising children is challenging, even more so once your kids are using the internet. As a parent, your role is important, even if you are not as tech savvy as your pre-teen. Conversations around digital devices as children grow will help create an atmosphere that is comfortable for children to approach you should anything go…

According to your emotional response, yes and if your personal health information has been breached according to the Health Information Act (HIA), you are a victim. However, despite recent surcharges being applied to offenders fines’ by Court of Queens’ Bench, victims of Health Information breaches do not qualify as a victim under the Criminal Code,…

Asking tough questions of the government is easy for some curious citizens, but answers can be hard to come by. Just ask Don Rennick, a citizen of North Bay City, ONT. He recently received an email from his city’s CAO, telling him to FOIP himself and that generally speaking, city staff would no longer be…

We have been receiving inquiries this week regarding what types of personal health information employees need to disclose to their employers during a Public Health Emergency. As organizations are working to establish new tools, protocols, procedures and processes for the crisis while in the midst of it, it is important to know how to balance…

What is a serial applicant and how does this concept/reality impact on the access to information regime? One challenge faced by government institutions with ATI requests, is the ‘serial applicant’. Over a short period of time, this person will make a large number of requests, often repetitive in nature. This creates a substantial amount of…

Just what is privacy? It is useful to consider privacy as a kind of personal thing or interest, among many others, that some people like to have lots of. “Privacy is the interest that individuals have in sustaining ‘personal space’, free from interference by other people and organizations” “It is the desire by each of us…