PART I ADMINISTRATION
Personal information — authorized requester program
4.2 (1) The authority to disclose information under this section is in addition to any other authority for the Registrar to disclose information under this Act, under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act or under any other Act, and this section does not prohibit any disclosure of information that is not otherwise prohibited. 2020, c. 36, Sched. 20, s. 1. Permitted purposes and authorized requesters (2) The Registrar may disclose prescribed personal information obtained under this Act if, (a)  the disclosure is for a purpose listed in Column 1 of the Table to this subsection; (b)  the disclosure is to, (i)  the authorized requester listed in Column 2 of the same item, (ii)  a re-seller engaged by the authorized requester to obtain the information on behalf of the authorized requester, or (iii)  a service provider engaged by the authorized requester to perform services that are consistent with the purpose and that are specified by the authorized requester; and (c)  the authorized requester and the Registrar have entered into an agreement with the Registrar for the Registrar to disclose information to the recipient. Item   Column 1   Purpose of disclosure   Column 2   Authorized requester 

  1.   Delivery of statutorily mandated government programs or services, where the disclosure is necessary for the delivery of the program or service or for determining or verifying an individual’s suitability or eligibility for a program or service.   i. The Crown in right of Canada or an agent of the Crown in right of Canada.   ii. The Crown in right of Ontario or an agent of the Crown in right of Ontario. 

  2.   Verification of an individual’s identity or of other information that relates to that individual, if the individual presented a Ministry-issued document, such as driver’s licence, to identify themselves or provide other information about themselves in order to obtain a service or benefit.   i. The Crown in right of Canada or an agent of the Crown in right of Canada.   ii. The Crown in right of Ontario or an agent of the Crown in right of Ontario.   iii. The Crown in right of any other province of Canada or an agent of the Crown in right of that province.   iv. The government of a territory of Canada or an agent of that government.   v. A municipality in Canada.   vi. A court in Canada.   vii. A financial institution in Canada. 

  3.   Investigations for the purpose of enforcing applicable law.   Federal authorities, a provincial authority or a municipal authority in Ontario. 

  4.   Enforcement respecting the unlawful parking, standing or stopping of a vehicle.   Operators of public or private parking facilities. 

  5.   The following insurance-related purposes:   i. Underwriting policies of insurance.   ii. Investigating insurance claims.   iii. Conducting insurance-related research.   iv. Verifying driver records collected under this Act.   v. Maintaining driver safety programs.   vi. Other purposes related to persons who have policies of insurance with the insurer or broker.   Persons licensed under the law of any jurisdiction in Canada or the United States as insurers or as brokers. 

  6.   Verification of employee driving records and maintain driver safety programs, where the employee has consent to the employer obtaining this information from the Registrar.   Employers who require the information. 

  7.   Operation of the Key Tag Service of The War Amputations of Canada, except respecting an individual who requests under subsection (6) that the Registrar stop disclosing their personal information for this purpose.   The War Amputations of Canada. 

  8.   Safety recalls of motor vehicles.   Vehicle manufacturers. 

  9.   Use in litigation or contemplated litigation, or investigations in respect of such litigation.   Persons licensed under the law of any jurisdiction in Canada as,   i. lawyers,   ii. paralegals, or   iii. private investigators. 

  10.   Use in connection with the service of documents for litigation or contemplated litigation.   Process servers. 

  11.   Debt collection for a failure to pay a debt owing to the following:   i. The Crown in right of Canada or an agent of the Crown in right of Canada.   ii. The Crown in right of Ontario or an agent of the Crown in right of Ontario.   iii. The Crown in right of any other province of Canada or an agent of the Crown in right of that province.   iv. The government of a territory of Canada or an agent of that government.   v. A municipality in Canada.   vi. A municipal or private parking authority in Canada.   vii. A court in Canada.   viii. A financial institution in Canada.   ix. An entity that collects tolls in Ontario, including an entity that collects tolls for the Highway 407 or the Highway 407 East.   Collection agencies licensed under the law of any jurisdiction in Canada. 

  12.   Collection of road tolls owing to the recipient, if the toll is authorized under a statute and the recipient is authorized under statute to collect the toll.   Public or private road tolling authorities in Canada and the United States. 

  13.   Uses in connection with the repossession of assets.   Bailiffs or assistant bailiffs. 

  14.   Prescribed purposes.   Prescribed recipients. 2020, c. 36, Sched. 20, s. 1. Criteria for entering agreement (3) The Registrar shall consider the prescribed criteria in determining whether to enter into an agreement. 2020, c. 36, Sched. 20, s. 1. Terms and conditions of agreement (4) The agreement shall include the prescribed provisions and address the prescribed matters. 2020, c. 36, Sched. 20, s. 1. Compliance (5) The authorized requester shall comply with the agreement and with all laws applicable to the requester respecting personal information. 2020, c. 36, Sched. 20, s. 1. Opt-out of Key Tag Service (6) An individual may direct a request to the Registrar to stop disclosing their personal information for the purpose of the operation of the Key Tag Service of The War Amputations of Canada, and the Registrar shall comply with the direction in the prescribed manner. 2020, c. 36, Sched. 20, s. 1. Same, public information (7) The Registrar shall make information regarding the process for making a direction under subsection (6) available to the public on a website of the Government of Ontario. 2020, c. 36, Sched. 20, s. 1. Public reports (8) The Registrar shall make the following information available to the public on a website of the Government of Ontario no later than six months after the day section 1 of the Highway Traffic Amendment Act, 2020 comes into force and update it no less than once every twelve months after that, and shall do so in accordance with the regulations, if any: 1.  The name of each entity that has an agreement with the Registrar to be an authorized requester. 2.  The type of information to be disclosed to the authorized requester under the agreement. 3.  The purposes for which the information to be disclosed may be used under the agreement. 4.  A comprehensive description of the program under which personal information is disclosed under this section. 2020, c. 36, Sched. 20, s. 1. No notice under privacy legislation (9) Any collection, by an institution, of personal information disclosed to the institution under this section is exempt from the application of subsection 39 (2) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and subsection 29 (1) of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. 2020, c. 36, Sched. 20, s. 1. Transition (10) An agreement referred to in subsection (2) includes an agreement entered into before section 1 of the Highway Traffic Amendment Act, 2020 came into force. 2020, c. 36, Sched. 20, s. 1. Regulations (11) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations governing anything that, in this section, is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is required or permitted to be done by, or in accordance with, the regulations, or as authorized, specified or provided for in the regulations or respecting any matter necessary or advisable to carry out effectively the purpose of this section. 2020, c. 36, Sched. 20, s. 1. Same (12) Despite subsection (11), a regulation prescribing personal information, purposes of disclosure or recipients of disclosed information for the purposes of subsection (2) may be made only if the Minister has, (a)  sought written feedback from the Information and Privacy Commissioner on the personal information, purpose or recipient, as the case may be, proposed to be prescribed; and (b)  responded in writing to written feedback from the Information and Privacy Commissioner, if the feedback was provided no later than 30 days after the day the feedback was sought. 2020, c. 36, Sched. 20, s. 1. Definitions (13) In this section, “assistant bailiff” has the same meaning as in the Bailiffs Act; (“huissier adjoint”) “bailiff” has the same meaning as in the Bailiffs Act; (“huissier”) “institution” means an institution within the meaning of either of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, except in the phrase “financial institution”; (“institution”) “personal information” has the same meaning as in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. (“renseignements personnels” ) 2020, c. 36, Sched. 20, s. 1. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2020, c. 36, Sched. 20, s. 1 - 01/07/2021