In order to effectively carry out our mandates under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 (ATIPPA, 2015) and the Personal Health Information Act (PHIA), the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) has two lines of business: Advocacy and Compliance and Investigations.
The Investigations branch handles access to information and privacy complaints, including own motion investigations and investigations that could lead to a charge being laid under the offence provisions of ATIPPA, 2015 or PHIA. This branch also processes requests from public bodies for time extension and disregard applications under ATIPPA, 2015.
To find out more information about our investigations, please see our complaint process pages for the:
- public;
- public bodies; and
- custodians.