283 (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. Determining compliance with this Act and the regulations. 3. Planning, managing or delivering services that the Ministry provides or funds, in whole or in part, allocating resources to any of them, evaluating or monitoring any of them or detecting, monitoring and preventing fraud or any unauthorized receipt of services or benefits related to any of them. 4. Conducting risk management and error management activities in respect of the services that the Ministry provides or funds, in whole or in part. 5. Conducting activities to improve or maintain the quality of the services that the Ministry provides or funds, in whole or in part. 6. Conducting research and analysis that relate to children and their families, including longitudinal studies, by or on behalf of the Ministry that relate to, i. a service, ii. the transition of children and their families between and out of services, including the resulting outcomes, or iii. programs that support the learning, development, health and well-being of children and their families, including programs provided or funded in whole or in part by the Ministry or any other ministry of the Government of Ontario. Personal information required by Minister (2) The Minister may require any of the following persons to disclose to the Minister such personal information as is reasonably necessary for the purposes described in subsection (1): 1. A service provider. 2. Any other prescribed person who has information that is relevant to any of the purposes described in subsection (1). Information other than personal information (3) The Minister shall not collect, use or disclose personal information if other information will serve the purpose of the collection, use or disclosure. Personal information limited to what is reasonably necessary (4) The Minister shall not collect, use or disclose more personal information than is reasonably necessary to meet the purpose of the collection, use or disclosure. Sharing with other ministers (5) The Minister and other ministers of the Crown in right of Ontario who may be prescribed may disclose personal information to and indirectly collect personal information from each other for the purposes set out in paragraphs 3 and 6 of subsection (1). Deemed compliance (6) For the purpose of clause 42 (1) (e) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, clause 32 (e) of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act or clause 43 (1) (h) of the
Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004, a disclosure of personal information by an institution or a health information custodian, within the meaning of those Acts, under subsection (2) or (5) is deemed to be for the purposes of complying with this Act. Personal information for research (7) The collection, use or disclosure of personal information to conduct research and analysis described in paragraph 6 of subsection (1) is subject to any requirements and restrictions that may be prescribed. 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 may be given by, (a) a public notice posted on a government of Ontario website; or (b) any other method that may be prescribed. Information requested by Minister