How to sign the FIPPA research privacy agreement — and autofill 002-5208 with my-id.ca
Sign the FIPPA research confidentiality agreement without retyping researcher details
Researchers accessing personal information under Ontario's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act repeat investigator name, institution, project title, and authorized contact information on every security and confidentiality agreement. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Freedom of Information request — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Security and Confidentiality Agreement of Personal Information for Research Purposes - Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act — 002-5208
What this form is about
Form 002-5208 is the FIPPA security and confidentiality agreement for research using personal information — confirm institution requirements on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Researcher full name and institution or organization.
- Project title and principal investigator contact details.
- Records or data description covered by the agreement.
- Supervising institution FOI coordinator — confirm on ontario.ca.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your researcher name, institution, and contact details in your my-id.ca profile.
- Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to my-id.ca Files so you are not searching at form time.
- Autofill the form. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Review and submit yourself through the official channel.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in my-id.ca — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.
Frequently asked questions
- When is form 002-5208 required?
- Institutions may require it before disclosing personal information for approved research — confirm with the FOI coordinator.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills researcher name, institution, and contact details.
- How does 002-5208 relate to form 002-5209?
- Form 002-5209 is the parallel agreement under MFIPPA for municipal institutions.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.