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Comments on a regulatory proposal to establish administrative monetary penalties under the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA)

Comments on a regulatory proposal to establish administrative monetary penalties under the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) … Letter to the Ontario Ministry of Health describing the IPC’s support for both the maximum amounts for administrative penalties that the commissioner can …

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- Published on July 7, 2023

Comments on Bill 60, Your Health Act, 2023

Comments on Bill 60, Your Health Act, 2023 … This letter to Goldie Ghamari, Chair of the Standing Committee on Social Policy, was intended to present the IPC’s views on how amendments to Bill 60 can better enhance transparency and privacy protections of Ontarians’ information with respect to the …

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- Published on March 28, 2023

Cyberattack response: Duty to notify individuals under PHIPA and CYFSA

Cyberattack response: Duty to notify individuals under PHIPA and CYFSA … Background The following decisions involved different cyberattacks against four different organizations. Three involved health information custodians (HICs) subject to the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA), …

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- Published on August 2, 2024

Ensuring health data privacy: Insights from the UTOPIAN case

Ensuring health data privacy: Insights from the UTOPIAN case … Case of Note: PHIPA Decision 243 Introduction Health information research plays a vital role in improving medical treatments and the quality of care. To conduct health research, researchers require access to personal health …

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- Published on July 29, 2024

Ransomware reality: Case study in health care cybersecurity and recovery

Ransomware reality: Case study in health care cybersecurity and recovery … Case of Note: PHIPA Decision 249 Introduction Unfortunately, ransomware attacks are not an uncommon occurrence, especially in this era of rapidly advancing technologies. Bad actors use ransomware attacks to extract money and …

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- Published on July 18, 2024

Submission on the proposed amendment under PHIPA on the right to access records in electronic format

Submission on the proposed amendment under PHIPA on the right to access records in electronic format … Submission on the proposed amendment under PHIPA on the right to access records in electronic …

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- Published on November 9, 2022

Review of the Practices and Procedures of the Ministry of Health’s Inter-ministerial Data Integration Unit

Review of the Practices and Procedures of the Ministry of Health’s Inter-ministerial Data Integration Unit … See also: IPC Letter accompanying the Review of the Ministry of Health’s Inter-ministerial Data Integration Unit (2022) … Review of the Practices and Procedures of the Ministry of Health’s …

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- Published on May 9, 2022

Submission on Bill 106: Obligations and authorities of Ontario Health Teams and access to records in electronic format

Submission on Bill 106: Obligations and authorities of Ontario Health Teams and access to records in electronic format … As Schedule 4 of Bill 106, the Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness Act, 2022 (Schedule 4) would amend the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 (PHIPA) by introducing …

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- Published on April 11, 2022

Letter to Dr. Catherine Zahn and Ms. Hillary Hartley regarding Proof of Vaccination Certificates in Ontario

Letter to Dr. Catherine Zahn and Ms. Hillary Hartley regarding Proof of Vaccination Certificates in Ontario … This letter to Dr. Catherine Zahn, Deputy Minister of Health and Ms. Hillary Hartley, Chief Digital and Data Officer offered the IPC’s recommendations to help ensure ongoing protection of …

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- Published on March 10, 2022

Frequently Asked Questions: Health Cards and Health Numbers

Frequently Asked Questions: Health Cards and Health Numbers … Our frequently asked questions on health cards and health numbers clarify who may collect, use or disclose health numbers for health care purposes, as well as the use of health cards as a proof of identity. Originally published November …

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- Published on October 1, 2021

Use and Disclosure of Personal Health Information for Broader Public Health Purposes

Use and Disclosure of Personal Health Information for Broader Public Health Purposes … Use and Disclosure of Personal Health Information for Broader Public Health …

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- Published on July 29, 2021

PHIPA Breaches Workbook and Completion Guide

PHIPA Breaches Workbook and Completion Guide … This Workbook provides health information custodians with step-by-step guidance to assist health information custodians to report privacy breach statistics to the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. … PHIPA Breaches Workbook and Completion …

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- Published on May 21, 2021

Submission of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario Bill 283, Advancing Oversight and Planning in Ontario’s Health System Act, 2021

Submission of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario Bill 283, Advancing Oversight and Planning in Ontario’s Health System Act, 2021 … Submission of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario Bill 283, Advancing Oversight and Planning in Ontario’s Health System Act, …

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- Published on May 14, 2021

Digital Health under PHIPA: Selected Overview

Digital Health under PHIPA: Selected Overview … This Guide provides an overview of requirements under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 for the electronic health record, interoperability of digital health assets, electronic audit logs, consumer electronic service providers, and …

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- Published on May 12, 2021

LifeLabs to appeal court’s decision to release Ontario IPC and BC OIPC breach investigation report

LifeLabs to appeal court’s decision to release Ontario IPC and BC OIPC breach investigation report … LifeLabs has announced that it is seeking leave to appeal a court ruling upholding the decision of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) and the Office of the Information and …

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- Published on May 23, 2024

Privacy and security considerations for virtual health care visits

Privacy and security considerations for virtual health care visits … This guide provides health care providers with an overview of key requirements from the Personal Health Information Protection Act and some practical steps they should take to protect personal health information, particularly as …

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- Published on February 25, 2021

Trust in Digital Health

Trust in Digital Health … Our goal is to promote confidence in the digital health care system by guiding custodians to respect the privacy and access rights of Ontarians, and supporting the pioneering use of personal health information for research and analytics to the extent it serves the public …

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- Published on May 9, 2024

Comments of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario on Proposed Interoperability Regulations under PHIPA

Comments of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario on Proposed Interoperability Regulations under PHIPA … Comments of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario on Proposed Interoperability Regulations under …

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- Published on July 24, 2020

Comments of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario on Proposed Regulation under PHIPA with respect to the Health Data Platform

Comments of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario on Proposed Regulation under PHIPA with respect to the Health Data Platform … Comments of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario on Proposed Regulation under PHIPA with respect to the Health Data …

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- Published on July 6, 2020

Comments of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario on Proposed Regulations Under Part V.I of PHIPA

Comments of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario on Proposed Regulations Under Part V.I of PHIPA … Comments of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario on Proposed Regulations Under Part V.I of …

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- Published on June 22, 2020