Review of the Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation in respect of the Critical Care Information System: A Prescribed Person under the Personal Health Information Protection Act … Review and approval by the Information and Privacy Commissioner, mandated by PHIPA, of practices and procedures to …
De-identification Protocols: Essential for Protecting Privacy … Information is becoming far more valuable as businesses seek to learn more about their customers and those of their competitors, and as advertisers seek to gain a competitive advantage by finding new and innovative ways to use …
Report of the Information & Privacy Commissioner/Ontario: Review of the Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation in respect of the Critical Care Information System … Report of the Information & Privacy Commissioner/Ontario: Review of the Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation in respect of the Critical …
Freedom and Control: Engineering a New Paradigm for the Digital World … Privacy and cybersecurity professionals, creators of digital property, and countless policy-makers have spent decades fighting to civilize the digital world, but they have lacked the most fundamental tool they need to succeed, …
Crossing the Line: The Indiscriminate Disclosure of Attempted Suicide Information to U.S. Border Officials via CPIC … June 5, 2014: IPC Notice of Application for Judicial Review to the Toronto Police Service … Crossing the Line: The Indiscriminate Disclosure of Attempted Suicide Information to U.S. …
S3-Episode 10: Best of season three … Tune in for riveting conversations about people, privacy, and access to information as Info Matters revisits its most thought-provoking moments from season three. This recap includes a variety of guests talking about cybersecurity, misinformation, genetic data, …
Privacy Exposures and Risk Reduction Strategies for Small Organizations … As a small business becomes more networked and data-intensive, personal information and customer trust are critical assets that must be protected. This paper was written to help small business avoid data breaches that are …
Addendum to Deleting Accountability: Records Management Practices of Political Staff – A Special Investigation Report … This is the Addendum to the Special Investigation Report, Deleting Accountability: Records Management Practices of Political Staff . In that Report, the IPC made findings …
A Primer on Metadata: Separating Fact from Fiction … Since the recent revelations of the NSA’s sweeping surveillance of the public’s metadata, the term “metadata” has been regularly used in the media, frequently without any explanation of its meaning. Metadata’s reach can be extensive – including …
Deleting Accountability: Record Management Practices of Political Staff - A Special Investigation Report … Investigation into the allegation that there had been an inappropriate deletion of all emails related to the cancellation and relocation of the gas plants by political staff in the former …
Dispelling the Myths Under the Personal Health Information Protection Act … There are many myths surrounding how information may be collected, used and disclosed under the Personal Health Information Protection Act . Working with our partners in the health care community, we have created this …
A Policy is Not Enough: It Must be Reflected in Concrete Practices … Privacy policies and procedures alone, without a concrete strategy for implementation, will not protect an organization from privacy risks. The policies and procedures must be actively communicated, and staff must be educated …
Privacy and Drones: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles … Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) present unique challenges due to their ability to use a variety of sensors to gather information from unique vantage points – often for long periods and on a continuous basis. The prospect of having our every move …
Fact Sheet #18 - Secure Transfer of Personal Health Information … In Order HO-011, the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) ordered Cancer Care Ontario to discontinue its practice of transferring records of personal health information relating to its colon cancer screening program …
Elections Ontario’s Unprecedented Privacy Breach: A Special Investigation Report … Investigation into the loss of two USB keys containing unencrypted personal information that were used by the Strike-off Project of Elections Ontario (EO). Findings: EO failed to put in place reasonable measures to …
Identity Theft: A Crime of Opportunity … Practical information about identity theft, how to avoid it, and what to do if you find you are a victim. … Identity Theft: A Crime of …