The Ontario Ministry of Education is the provincial government ministry responsible for publicly funded education in Ontario and for overseeing school boards.
Overview
The Ontario Ministry of Education is the provincial government ministry responsible for publicly funded education in Ontario and for overseeing school boards. It sets policy for privacy and security of student data and acts as a key regulator for cybersecurity in the education sector. The PowerSchool breach and resulting privacy changes by school boards underscore its role in enforcing data-protection obligations across Ontario's publicly funded schools.
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Recent Intelligence Reports
- School boards must make privacy changes after PowerSchool breach: watchdogs — Globalnews.Ca · November 18, 2025