Ontario’s privacy commissioner says the University of Guelph‘s COVID-19 vaccine mandate did not violate the privacy of its students.Three complaints were filed by the parents of students who had been accepted to live on campus for the 2021-22 school year.They argued that the school’s vaccine mandate, which involved everyone on campus providing proof of vaccination and other information, breached their child’s privacy under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Canada’s privacy watchdog probing health officials’ use of cellphone location data “To prove their COVID-19 vaccination status, the complainants advised that the students had to fill out and submit a questionnaire to the university.