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Ensuring secure disposal of health records: Out of sight is not out of mind! … Case of Note:  PHIPA Decision 266 Background A complaint was brought to the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) alleging that a health clinic had failed to securely dispose of records of personal health …

Reported Breach HR23-00282 … A prescribed person under the Personal Health Information Protection Act reported a breach to the IPC regarding a cyberattack that involved the unauthorized copying of approximately 3.4 million individuals’ personal health information from the prescribed person’s secure …

Ransomware reality: Case study in health care cybersecurity and recovery … Unfortunately, ransomware attacks are not an uncommon occurrence, especially in this era of rapidly advancing technologies. Bad actors use ransomware attacks to extract money and cause harm to others. As these types of …