70 (1) The Minister may collect personal information, directly or indirectly, for purposes related to the following matters, and may use it for those purposes: 1.  Administering this Act and the regulations. 2.  Ensuring compliance with this Act and the regulations. 3.  With respect to child care and early years programs and services that the Ministry establishes, administers, operates or funds, in whole or in part, i.  planning, delivering, evaluating and monitoring the programs and services, ii.  allocating resources to the programs and services, and iii.  detecting, monitoring and preventing fraud and the unauthorized receipt of services and benefits related to the funding. 4.  To determine or verify a person’s eligibility to participate in a child care or early years program or service or to receive financial assistance under this Act. 5.  Implementing risk management, error management or activities to improve or maintain the quality of the programs and services that the Ministry provides or funds, in whole or in part. 6.  Conducting evaluations of child care and early years programs and services. 7.  Conducting research and analysis, including longitudinal studies, and statistical activities conducted by or on behalf of the Ministry for purposes that relate to, i.  child care and early years programs and services, ii.  education, iii.  the transition from child care and early years programs and services to school, and the resulting outcomes, iv.  the matters of provincial interest under section 49, and v.  programs and services that support the learning, development, health and well-being of children, including programs and services provided or funded by other ministries. Limits on collection and use (2) The Minister shall not collect or use personal information if other information will serve the purpose of the collection or use. Same (3) The Minister shall not collect or use more personal information than is reasonably necessary to meet the purpose of the collection or use. Disclosure and sharing (4) The Minister, the Minister of Finance and other ministers who may be prescribed by the regulations may disclose personal information to and indirectly collect personal information from each other for the purposes identified in paragraphs 3, 4 and 7 of subsection (1). Deemed compliance (5) A disclosure of personal information under subsection (4) is deemed to be for the purposes of complying with this Act. Requiring disclosure (6) The Minister may require any of the following persons to disclose to him or her such personal information as is reasonably necessary for the purposes described in subsection (1): 1.  A person who provides or operates a prescribed child care or early years program or service. 2.  A person who has information that is relevant to any of the purposes described in subsection (1). Time and form of disclosure (7) The Minister may specify the time at which and the form in which the personal information required from a person under subsection (6) must be provided and the secure method to be used in the transfer of the information. Notice required by s. 39 (2) of FIPPA (8) If the Minister collects personal information indirectly under subsection (1), the notice required by subsection 39 (2) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act shall be given by, (a)  a public notice posted on the Ministry’s website or the Government of Ontario’s website; or (b)  any other method that may be prescribed by the regulations.