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Dispelling Some Myths about the Personal Health Information Protection Act

This Fact Sheet addresses some myths about the Personal Health Information Protection Act. Topics addressed include consent, an individual’s right to access their records, and when an individual’s health information cannot be used or shared.
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- Published on Feb 15, 2019

Responding to a Health Privacy Breach: Guidelines for the Health Sector

This publication replaces the guidance document, What to do When Faced With a Privacy Breach: Guidelines for the Health Sector. This new, updated guide highlights the importance of having a detailed privacy breach protocol and explains the steps to take in responding to a breach under Ontario’s
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- Published on Oct 4, 2018

Bill 160 Submission to the Standing Committee on General Government – The Strengthening Quality and Accountability for Patients Act, 2017.

Today my office made a submission to the Standing Committee on General Government to provide comments and concerns about Bill 160, The Strengthening Quality and Accountability for Patients Act, 2017. Bill 160 introduces three new pieces of health care legislation and amends an additional seven. The
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- Published on Nov 20, 2017

Annual Reporting of Privacy Breach Statistics to the Commissioner - Requirements for the Health Sector

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- Published on Nov 10, 2017

IPC Coming to Windsor – November 30

The Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) will be hosting a special event in Windsor on November 30, 2017, as part of the IPC’s Reaching Out to Ontario program. Commissioner Brian Beamish and other IPC executives will use this occasion to update Ontarians on the emerging access and privacy
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- Published on Nov 2, 2017

Reporting a Privacy Breach to the IPC: Guidelines for the Health Sector

Health information custodians can use the guidelines to understand when to notify the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario or a regulatory college of a privacy breach.
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- Published on Sep 17, 2019

IPC 2016 Annual Report

Event - June 18, 2017, 8pm - 8pm
The IPC will be releasing its 2016 Annual Report.
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Health Record Snooping Case Prosecuted in Goderich

TORONTO, ON, (March 16, 2017) – A Masters of Social Work student who was on an educational placement with a family health team in Central Huron, has been ordered to pay a $20,000 fine and a $5,000 victim surcharge for accessing personal health information without authorization. This is the highest...
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- Published on Mar 16, 2017

New PHIPA Code of Procedure

The IPC has published a new Code of Procedure for Matters under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004. This code comes into force on March 15, 2017, and will apply immediately to all IPC files under PHIPA. This code replaces the IPC’s “Code of Procedure for Access and Correction
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- Published on Mar 1, 2017

PHIPA Practice Direction #1: Clarifying Access Requests

In Ontario, individuals have a right to request access to their health information pursuant to the Personal Health Information Protection Act. This Practice Direction provides clarification to assist health information custodians when they are responding to an individual’s access request(s).
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- Published on Feb 28, 2017