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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 and explains the steps to take in responding to a breach under Ontario’s

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- Published on Oct 4, 2018

New IPC Document: Fees, Fee Estimates and Fee Waivers

Institutions under FIPPA and MFIPPA are permitted to charge fees for handling requests to access government records. Today, the IPC released an updated guidance document, Fees, Fee Estimates and Fee Waivers . A number of important orders and court decisions have been issued since the guide was first

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- Published on Jun 11, 2018

Disposing of Your Electronic Media

Ontario’s public institutions and health information custodians are required to take reasonable steps to safeguard personal information from the time of collection to the point of destruction. This means that personal information that is stored on digital media or devices must be securely destroyed

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- Published on Mar 6, 2018

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.

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- Published on Mar 6, 2018