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Reaching Out to Ontario: Niagara Region

May 6, 2015 - 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Brock University Academic South Block 500 Glenridge Ave., Saint Catharines Ontario's new Information and Privacy Commissioner is coming to the Niagara Region. Brian Beamish will be visiting Brock University on May 6, to engage with regional stakeholders and to talk...

Published on Mar 31, 2015

Privacy Complaint Report MC13-67

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario received a complaint alleging that the City of Vaughan (the City) contravened the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) when making the complainant’s personal information available on the Internet in...

Published on Mar 20, 2015

Brian Beamish Appointed Commissioner

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has appointed Brian Beamish to a five-year term as Information and Privacy Commissioner, a role he had been acting in since July 1, 2014. Mr. Beamish joined the IPC as Director of Policy and Compliance in 1999 and served as Assistant Commissioner from 2005. In...

Published on Feb 26, 2015

Commissioner interviewed by CityTV and CBC TV regarding abandoned health records found near Richmond Hill medical clinic.

The Commissioner was interviewed by both CityTV and CBC TV regarding abandoned health records found near a Richmond Hill medical clinic. The interviews focus on the issue of abandoned health records and what can be done to prevent such breaches. For information on best practices for secure...

Published on Feb 19, 2015

Detecting and Deterring Unauthorized Access to Personal Health Information

Unauthorized access continues to be a growing problem in the health sector in Ontario. The province’s Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA), permits health information custodians (HIC) to collect, use and disclose personal health information for the purposes of providing or assisting in...

Published on Jan 28, 2015

Hospitals should report privacy breaches to commissioner: Editorial

Today, the Toronto Star published an editorial calling on Minister of Health, Eric Hoskins, to close the loophole in the privacy act and strengthen the IPC’s oversight. “The Commissioner is calling for a legislative change to force hospitals to report serious breaches to his office. He is right to...

Published on Jan 14, 2015

Hundreds of hospital privacy violations go unreported

This morning, the Toronto Star looked into the large volume of privacy breaches in Ontario hospitals which are unreported. Acting Commissioner Beamish discussed the need for new legislation to force hospitals to report serious breaches: “I definitely think it’s worth looking at. People are very...

Published on Jan 13, 2015

Hospitals Should Review Auditing Practices

The Toronto Star found significant differences in the auditing practices of GTA hospitals. The paper spoke with Acting Commissioner Beamish about the changes he hopes to see: “There’s a spectrum out there,” acting Privacy Commissioner Brian Beamish told the Star. “There are hospitals that have very...

Published on Dec 29, 2015

IPC orders Rouge Valley to implement significant changes to protect patient health information

The Toronto Star spoke with Acting Commissioner Brian Beamish yesterday about the investigation into the two significant privacy breaches at Rouge Valley Health System and Health Order HO-013, released yesterday: “This kind of behaviour, whether it’s snooping out of curiosity or taking information...

Published on Dec 17, 2014

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