A Guide to Ontario Legislation Covering the Release of Students' Personal Information -- Rev
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 13 |
Release | : 2003 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:932939111 |
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Rating | : 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The purpose of this paper is to provide students, parents, and school boards with basic understanding of how the Ontario Municipal Freedom of Information & Protection of Privacy Act interacts with the Education Act to protect privacy & provide access to the personal information of students. Topics covered include the type of information collected by school boards, limitations on the collection of information, consent for collecting information, disclosure of personal information, exercising of privacy & access rights, parent access to the child's school records, record-keeping requirements, and what to do about errors or omissions in personal information. Appendices include excerpts from the legislation.