How to sign the MFIPPA research privacy agreement — and autofill 002-5209 with my-id.ca
Sign the MFIPPA research confidentiality agreement without retyping researcher details
Researchers accessing personal information held by Ontario municipalities under MFIPPA 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 - Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act — 002-5209
What this form is about
Form 002-5209 is the MFIPPA security and confidentiality agreement for research using personal information — confirm the municipal institution's process on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Researcher full name and institution or organization.
- Municipal institution holding the records.
- Project title and principal investigator contact details.
- Records description covered by the agreement.
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
- Does MFIPPA apply to all municipalities?
- Most Ontario municipalities are subject to MFIPPA — confirm with the institution holding the records.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills researcher name, institution, and contact details.
- How does 002-5209 relate to form 002-5208?
- Form 002-5208 is for provincial institutions under FIPPA; 002-5209 is for municipal institutions under MFIPPA.
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.