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Commissioners publish 2020 investigation report into LifeLabs privacy breach affecting millions of Canadians

The report was published after the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed Lifelabs’ bid to block public release of the report TORONTO, ON — Ontario and British Columbia Information and Privacy Commissioners have published the 2020 investigation report into the LifeLabs privacy breach affecting millions...
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- Published on Nov 25, 2024

Preventing health privacy breaches: Why training, policies, and confidentiality agreements matter

Case of Note: PHIPA Decision 260 Background A public hospital was alerted to suspicious activity on a patient chart, and initiated an investigation, which included a targeted audit. The audit revealed that nearly 4,000 patient charts had been accessed by a physician without authorization, from a
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- Published on Nov 18, 2024

Reported Breach HR23-00282

A prescribed person under the Personal Health Information Protection Act reported a breach to the IPC regarding a cyberattack that involved the unauthorized copying of approximately 3.4 million individuals’ personal health information from the prescribed person’s secure file transfer server. The
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- Published on Aug 14, 2024

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), and the fourth involved a Children’s Aid Society subject to Part X of the
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- Published on Aug 2, 2024

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), and the fourth involved a Children’s Aid Society subject to Part X of the
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Published on Aug 2, 2024

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 information, the collection and use of which is regulated under health
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- Published on Jul 29, 2024

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 information, the collection and use of which is regulated under health
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Published on Jul 29, 2024

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 cause harm to others. As these types of attacks become increasingly common
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Published on Jul 18, 2024

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 cause harm to others. As these types of attacks become increasingly common
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- Published on Jul 18, 2024

Ensuring health data privacy: Insights from the UTOPIAN case

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 information, the collection and use of which is regulated under health privacy laws. However, health researchers in
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- Published on Jul 18, 2024