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IPC Coming to Windsor – November 30

The Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) will be hosting a special event in Windsor on November 30, 2017, as part of the IPC’s Reaching Out to Ontario program. Commissioner Brian Beamish and other IPC executives will use this occasion to update Ontarians on the emerging access and privacy
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Blog

- Published on Nov 2, 2017

IPC 2016 Annual Report

Event - June 18, 2017, 8pm - 8pm
The IPC will be releasing its 2016 Annual Report .
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Health Record Snooping Case Prosecuted in Goderich

TORONTO, ON, (March 16, 2017) – A Masters of Social Work student who was on an educational placement with a family health team in Central Huron, has been ordered to pay a $20,000 fine and a $5,000 victim surcharge for accessing personal health information without authorization. This is the highest...
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News Release

- Published on Mar 16, 2017

New PHIPA Code of Procedure

The IPC has published a new Code of Procedure for Matters under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 . This code comes into force on March 15, 2017, and will apply immediately to all IPC files under PHIPA . This code replaces the IPC’s “Code of Procedure for Access and Correction
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Blog

- Published on Mar 1, 2017

Code of Procedure for Matters under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004

PHIPA Code of Procedure
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Resource

- Published on Feb 28, 2017

PHIPA Practice Direction #5: Collection, Use, and Disclosure Complaint Form

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Resource

- Published on Feb 28, 2017

PHIPA Practice Direction #4: Access/Correction Complaint Form

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Resource

- Published on Feb 28, 2017

PHIPA Practice Direction #1: Clarifying Access Requests

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Resource

- Published on Feb 28, 2017

OPC satisfied with actions taken by RESP company since misuse of patient maternity data

The Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) company whose employee improperly collected and used personal health information of Ontario hospital patients has implemented recommendations from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC). A recently completed third-party audit determined
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- Published on Jan 24, 2017

Legal Guide to Privacy and Information Management in Healthcare

Event - April 9, 2017, 8pm - 8pm
Commissioner, Brian Beamish, will give the keynote presentation on the latest updates from the IPC. Assistant Commissioner, Sherry Liang, will be presenting on the topic of, Strategies and Best Practices for Responding to and Managing Privacy Breaches in Healthcare . Director of Legal Services and
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