PHIPA DECISION 208

This complaint deals with an access decision made by the Kristus Darzs Latvian Home (the custodian) in response to a request made by an Estate Trustee for all records relating to her deceased father who had been a resident at the custodian’s facility. The custodian granted access to all records, with the exception of a number of emails for which it claimed the application of the exemption in section 52(1)(e)(iii) of the Personal Health Information Protection Act (the Act). In this decision, the adjudicator finds that the emails are “dedicated primarily” to the deceased’s personal health information within the meaning of section 52(3) of the Act. She also finds that these emails are exempt from disclosure under section 52(1)(e)(iii) of the Act Consequently, under section 61(1) of the Act, the adjudicator makes no order. The complaint is dismissed.