All employees—faculty, staff, students employed by Queen's—should have a basic understanding of the university's legislated responsibilities under Ontario's Freedom o

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner has issued new advice and a factsheet on how to protect against ransomware.

On July 6, 2015, Carolyn Heald joined Queen’s University as its first Privacy Officer.

If the value of proper records management is not already obvious, there is another reason to pay attention. Recent amendments to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) now require institutions to take "reasonable measures" to preserve records in their custody or control in accordance with applicable records retention requirements.

In addition, it is now an offence to alter, conceal or destroy a record with the intention of denying lawful access to it.

An article in University Affairs gives a good example of why preserving universities' organizational history is important.  See the story here:  

See the story here:

 On the record: The importance of universities’ organizational histories

The Vice-Principals' Operations Committee has approved a revised Records Management Policy.

The main changes to the policy are outlined below:

1.  Responsibility for records management has shifted from the University Archives to the Office of the University Secretary and Legal Counsel.

Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner has issued new guidance on the use of personal email and instant messaging for business purposes.

Today the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario issued new guidance on using email for communicating personal health information.

The fact sheet emphasizes the importance of encryption both for communicating amongst health information custodians and also between custodians and patients.

CBC's Marketplace recently aired a fascinating look into the world of free apps and the potential threat they pose to your privacy.

 CBC Marketplace: Are your apps spying on you?

​A new fact sheet from Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner outlines the privacy issues with regards to big data.  Find it here: www.ipc.on.ca/resource/big-data-and-your-privacy-rights/.

You may also be interested in viewing the IPC's Privacy Day event on the same topic: www.ipc.on.ca/event/data-privacy-day/.