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

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 …

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- Published on October 4, 2018

Disposing of Your Electronic Media

Disposing of Your Electronic Media … This fact sheet provides guidance on how Ontario public institutions and health information custodians can securely destroy personal information when disposing of electronic media. … Disposing of Your Electronic …

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- Published on March 6, 2018

Fact Sheet: Communicating Personal Health Information by Email

Fact Sheet: Communicating Personal Health Information by Email … This fact sheet describes the risks of using email and custodians’ obligations under the Personal Health Information Protection Act . It outlines some of the technical, physical and administrative safeguards needed to protect personal …

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- Published on September 15, 2016

De-identification Guidelines for Structured Data

De-identification Guidelines for Structured Data … This document highlights the key issues to consider when de-identifying personal information in the form of structured data and it provides a step-by-step process that institutions can follow when removing personal information from data sets. … …

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- Published on June 8, 2016

FIPPA and MFIPPA: Bill 8 — The Recordkeeping Amendments

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 …

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- Published on December 22, 2015

Frequently Asked Questions: Personal Health Information Protection Act

Frequently Asked Questions: Personal Health Information Protection Act … This revised FAQ has a new look and feel and has been rewritten with cleaner, easy to understand, gender-neutral language. Also included are a few additions to the original publication: Questions on assumed implied consent and …

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- Published on November 2, 2015

Best Practices for Protecting Individual Privacy in Conducting Survey Research

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 …

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- Published on April 7, 2015

Detecting and Deterring Unauthorized Access to Personal Health Information

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 …

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- Published on January 28, 2015

Privacy Diagnostic Tool (PDT) Workbook

Privacy Diagnostic Tool (PDT) Workbook … The PDT is an instrument that uses a series of questions to give businesses a 'read' on how well they manage their customers' personal information. The PDT uses internationally recognized fair information practices as its basis. … Privacy Diagnostic Tool …

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- Published on August 1, 2001

IPC Practices No. 7 - The Collection and Use of the Social Insurance Number

IPC Practices No. 7 - The Collection and Use of the Social Insurance Number … Tip sheet for government organizations on handling personal information with regards to social insurance numbers. … IPC Practices No. 7 - The Collection and Use of the Social Insurance …

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- Published on September 1, 1998

Improving Access and Privacy with RIM

Improving Access and Privacy with RIM … Developing effective records and information management (RIM) practices helps Ontario institutions meet their legal requirements and better serve the public. Poor RIM practices can negatively affect an institution’s ability to: respond to access requests in a …

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- Published on November 3, 2016