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Access Request For Personal Information

Access Request For Personal Information

The documents you will receive will be in electronic format sent by a File Share link. Should File Share not be acceptable, you may request a print copy, however extra time will be required.

*** NOTE: This form should not be used for requests for:
1. Information related to finalized adoptions. If you are requesting information related to finalized adoptions please visit adoption-disclosure-information to download and complete the Request for Non-Identifying Information form and the Consent for Release of Non-Identifying Information.
2. Information related to a court proceeding. Contact us for the appropriate form.

Requester Information
Name*
First Middle Last
Birth Name
First Middle Last
Birth Name:
Chosen Name
If different than above
First Middle Last
Aliases, Prior Names, Any Other Known Names
Other Known Names, Prior Names, Aliases:
Date of Birth

DD
MM
YYYY
Information Being Requested
I require this information for:
- A current court proceeding
- For my own personal use
- Other (specify):
Other Reason you are seeking Information
Are you seeking information from when you were a child?
- Yes
- No
Seeking records from when you were a child
Mother's Name
Please provide only If you are seeking records from when you were a child.
First Middle Last
Mother's Date of Birth

DD
MM
YYYY
Father's Name
Please provide only If you are seeking records from when you were a child.
First Middle Last
Father's Date of Birth

DD
MM
YYYY
Requesting information for:
Requester is requesting on behalf of:
Substitute Decision Maker
If requesting on behalf of someone else, specify authority:
Substitute Decision Maker:
In accordance with Part X of the CYFSA, decision making authority will need to be determined prior to providing the record of a minor child.
Please provide along with this request, brief summary of any parenting order/separation agreement which outlines your custodial status.
Please note that the consent of a capable child/youth is required if their parent is seeking access to their personal information. The written consent of any person over the age of 16 years is required to release their information and must be included with your request in order to obtain their information.
Substitute Decision-Maker -- Explain (e.g., Custodial Parent, Access Parent, Guardian, Power of Attorney, etc.)
*Please Note: You may be asked to provide supporting documentation.
Child(ren) or Other - Enter Name and Date of Birth, Explanation
Request Details
Information being sought:
- I am requesting information for specific dates
- I am requesting the following specific records
- I was previously and/or am currently a child in care and am looking for information about this period of time:
- I was adopted and / or the person I want records about was adopted and I am looking for information about this
From Date

DD
MM
YYYY
Up to and including Date

DD
MM
YYYY
List specific records being requested (Include and name dates if known):
Any further details about your request?
Have you requested access to these records in the past?
If Yes, when?
Contact Information
For follow up how do you wish to be contacted?
- Telephone
- E-mail
Address
Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country
Daytime Phone Number*
May we leave a message for you at this number?
- Yes
- No
Does anyone else share this phone with you?
- Yes
- No
Email Address*

Voluntary Consent to Electronic Communication:
*I am consenting to being contacted via email. Please use the above e-mail address to contact me. I acknowledge that sending E-mail over the Internet is not secure, in that it can be intercepted, manipulated and/or retransmitted. Emailing of identity information will only occur with your authorization.
Proof of Identification
With respect to your request for personal information, before we can conduct any necessary database searches related to your request, we require the following:

Copy of:
1. one (1) piece of Government issued photo ID; and
2. one (1) piece of another other form of ID (one of which showing your current address).

Please ensure that the size of the photo is no larger than 10MB if emailing. Inform us if you do not have two pieces of identification and we can problem solve.

It is an offence under the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017, for you to assert a false identity.

We are required to respond to your request within 30 days of receipt, however, please be advised that 30 days will start after we have received the ID, as stated above.

Note: For purposes of protecting your identity, WECAS staff will not maintain a permanent record of the proof of identification that you provide to us. Copies of identification that you provide to us will be shredded at the completion of processing your access to record request.

If you require any additional information or would like to make an inquiry or complaint with regard to our information practices, please contact our Compliance and Privacy Officer at POfficer@wecas.on.ca or the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario at www.ipc.on.ca.

Please indicate which method proof of identification will be provided.
- email: privacy@wecas.on.ca
- in person
- mail: Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society
  Attn: Disclosure Department
  1671 Riverside Drive East
  Windsor, ON
  N8Y 5B5

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1671 Riverside Dr. E. • Windsor, ON N8Y 5B5 • 519-252-1171 • info@wecas.on.ca

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