Personal information is collected by the Board under the authority of s. 265(1)(d) of the Education Act, and pursuant to sections 28(2) of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This information is used for the academic, administrative, employment-related, security, financial and statistical purposes of the Board. The information will be used, among other things and without limitation, to admit, register and graduate students, record academic achievement, and, where applicable, to provide access to information systems and to operate academic, financial, athletic, recreational, and other programs. Information on admissions, registration and academic achievement may also be disclosed and used for statistical and research purposes by the Board, post-secondary educational institutions and the federal and provincial governments. In addition, student photographs posted by the Board in the form of individual pictures or class pictures may be publicly displayed. The Board may also collect personal information from other relevant sources including, without limitation, other school boards.
Other than noted above, the information you provide and any other information placed in a student record, or in a personnel record, will be protected and used in compliance with Ontario’s Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (RSO 1990) and will be disclosed only in accordance with this Act.