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 …
FIPPA and MFIPPA: Bill 8 — The Recordkeeping Amendments … Bill 8, the Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014 , will come into effect on January 1, 2016. This Bill amends the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act ( FIPPA) and the Municipal Freedom of …
Best Practices for Protecting Individual Privacy in Conducting Survey Research … As governments and public sector organizations strive to become more efficient, accountable and customer focused, they frequently seek input from the public about their programs and services. One of the most …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
Reviewing the Licensing Automation System of the Ministry of Natural Resources: A Special Investigation Report [PC12-39] … Report on concerns raised by an MPP about the privacy and security of personal information that is currently being stored in the U.S. as part of the Licensing Automation System …
Practice Tool for Exercising Discretion: Emergency Disclosure of Personal Information by Universities, Colleges and other Educational Institutions … In emergency situations, privacy laws in Ontario and British Columbia1 do not prohibit universities, colleges or other educational institutions from …
Breach Notification Assessment Tool … This document assists organizations in making key decisions about notifying individuals after a privacy breach occurs by presenting checklists covering factors affecting whether to notify, when and how to notify, what to include in a notification and other …
Electronic Records and Document Management Systems: A New Tool for Enhancing the Public's Right to Access Government-Held Information? … This paper examines the role that electronic records and document management systems (ERDMSs) can play in enhancing the public's right to access information from …
