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Document
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PC-020014-1
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File #
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PC-020014-1
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Institution/HIC
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Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
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Summary
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On March 20, 2002, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (the Ministry) notified the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (the IPC) about a possible breach of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act ). The Ministry advised that records, possibly containing personal information of staff and patients, were discovered by Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) members, who were also employees of the Whitby Mental Health Centre, at a property previously occupied by the Whitby Mental Health Centre (the old WMHC site). On the same day, the IPC received a copy of a press release from OPSEU also stating that its representatives had found these records on the old WMHC site. OPSEU had rented part of this property to use as an office during the labour strike which began on March 13, 2002. The IPC immediately contacted OPSEU and, according to OPSEU, there was reason to believe that additional Ministry records containing personal information still remain in the building and other buildings located on the old WMHC site. On March 21, 2002, the IPC received a number of calls from individuals who expressed their concern that records containing their personal information might be among the records found on the old WMHC site. On this basis, the IPC initiated an investigation pursuant to our responsibilities under the Act . The investigation focussed on the disclosure and the secure disposal of personal information in two areas: (1) the boxes of information found and retrieved from the old WMHC site and (2) whether additional records containing personal information remain unsecured in the same building and /or the other buildings located on the old WMHC site. This office continued to receive numerous calls, e-mails and facsimile from concerned citizens, including both staff and former staff and former patients of the WMHC. All the callers expressed growing concern about the security of their information that might be among the records retrieved, as well as any records which might still remain on the old WMHC site.
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Legislation
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FIPPA
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40(4)
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Regulation 459 s.4(1)
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Regulation 459 s.5
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Section 42
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2(1)
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Subject Index
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Signed by
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Mumtaz Jiwan
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Published
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Sep 05, 2002
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Type
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Privacy Complaint Report
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