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Privacy Commissioner of Canada releases guidance on privacy and the COVID-19 outbreak

On March 20, 2020, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada issued guidance to help organizations subject to federal privacy laws understand their privacy-related obligations during the COVID-19 outbreak. The assistance comes as the outbreak raises questions about privacy issues during a pandemic.

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Barker v. IPC: Weighing the public interest in freedom of information requests

Ontario’s freedom of information laws permit an institution to publicly disclose sensitive personal information if there is a “compelling public interest” that outweighs the individual’s privacy. But is this balancing analysis undertaken for each tidbit of personal information, or is the public interest provision considered with a view to the totality of the records?

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