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MFIPPA and the Education Act
- MFIPPA and the Education Act are the two main laws that guide access to information and privacy in Ontario’s public and separate schools. This guide also references other pieces of legislation, such as the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA), the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, and the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
www.ipc.on.ca/sites/default/files/legacy/2019/01/guide-to-privacy-access-in-ont-schools.pdfA Guide to Privacy and Access to Information in Ontario Schools
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- What Is Personal Information?
- Federal Privacy Laws and What They Cover
- Provincial Privacy Laws
- Sector-Specific Privacy Laws
Personal information is data about an “identifiable individual”. It is information that on its own or combined with other pieces of data, can identify youas an individual. The definition of personal information differs somewhat under PIPEDA or the Privacy Actbut generally, it can mean information about your: 1. race, national or ethnic origin, 2. r...
Canada has two federal privacy lawsthat are enforced by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: 1. the Privacy Act, which covers how the federal government handles personal information; 2. the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), which covers how businesses handle personal information.
Every province and territory has its own laws that apply to provincial government agencies and their handling of personal information. Some provinces have private-sector privacy laws that may apply instead of PIPEDA. This means that those laws apply instead of PIPEDAin some cases. These provinces are: 1. Alberta 2. British Columbia 3. Québec.
Several federal and provincial sector-specific laws include provisions dealing with the protection of personal information. The federal Bank Act, for example, contains provisions regulating the use and disclosure of personal financial information by federally regulated financial institutions. Provincial laws governing credit unionstypically have pr...
Public and separate school boards must follow various laws when dealing with students’ personal information. The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) oversees the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA). This law sets out rules that schools and school boards must follow
4.16 Privacy Laws. Federal and provincial laws govern the collection, use, and storage of personal information. Canada has two federal privacy laws: the Privacy Act, which pertains to information collected by government institutions, and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), which over-sees information ...
- Dawn Wallin, Jon Young, Benjamin Levin
- 2021
For example, where a school collects, uses or discloses information about a student’s parents, it must protect the privacy of this information. The Education Act is the main law under which schools and school boards operate.
Jun 21, 2024 · Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, 2024 SCC 22, the Supreme Court of Canada held that the Charter right against unreasonable search and seizure applies to employees of publicly-funded school boards. Key takeaways.
Sep 24, 2019 · Clearly, schools need better strategies for securing the sensitive data they store. In this article, we will explore student data privacy protection, including the nuances of U.S. student data privacy acts, and what educational organizations should do to protect student data.
