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The
Saskatchewan
"FOIP FOLIO" is intended to keep you up-to-date on reports and
recommendations from the Office of the Information and Privacy
Commissioner. It will feature best practices, tips and shortcuts and
access/privacy developments in Saskatchewan and other parts of Canada
and sometimes beyond. To view a newsletter click on one of the
following issues:
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April 2013 OIPC Honour Roll; SK
Access, Privacy, Security and Records Management Forum;
WCHIPS; Health Data Breaches are too Common; Supreme
Court Declares Text Messages are Private; EU/APEC
Dialogue on International Transfers; BYOD and the Board
of Directors; FOIP/LA FOIP: An Introduction and Privacy
Workshop; Privacy by Design and Customer Energy Usage
Data; Protect Patient Privacy with Legacy Computer
Systems; Abuse of User Privileges; Use of Personal Email
Accounts for Public Business; Deleting Personal Data on
Social Networks; Privacy Rules for PI of Electors; R. v.
Cole Followed by B.C. Court of Appeal; FOIP FOLIO
Subscription;
Future Events
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March 2013
City Decides to
Release Records; Blowing in the Wind; Western Canada
Health Information Privacy Symposium; Questions Arising
from Bill 65; Changing Places; Public Emergency
Response; RQRHA is Making Changes; OIPC Submission to
Bill 85 Consultation; B.C. Commissioner Calls for Legal
Reform in Wake of "No Responsive Records" Investigation;
Can an Employer Require Employee to Psychiatric
Evaluation; Ontario Prosecution Underway for Snooping in
Patient Files; Genetic Information, Employers and
Insurers; Legal Aid Society of Alberta Caught by PIPA;
Future Events
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February 2013 OIPC is
denied staff for 6th year; Investigation Report
H-2013-001; Jill Clayton in Regina; Workplace privacy
needs attention; SK Access, Privacy, Security and
Records Forum; Bill C-30 is dead; Western Canada Health
Information Privacy Symposium; Social Media and
employees; B.C. Integrated Case Management System; ATIA
consultation; NFLD Report A-2013-001; Death of Alan
Westin; NFLD Report PH-2013-001
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January 2013 A 2000+ Day
Wait For Access; What is an Employee Entitled to See
About an Internal Investigation?; Updated OIPC
Resources; Data Privacy Day - January 28, 2013;
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority Fires Snooping
Employee; Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner
(IPC) Finds Councillors Not Subject to Access Request;
Names and Job Titles in Ontario Business Information
System Not Personal; Speed Dating Should Not Mean Data
Matching; United Kingdom's (U.K.) Information
Commissioner's Office Issues Cloud Computing Guidance;
Global Positioning System (GPS) and Vehicle Monitoring
Conforms to B.C. Privacy Law; Use of 'History Sniffing'
Technology Criticized by the United States of America
(U.S.A.) Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Detailed
Guidelines for Computer Security; Doctors and Patients
Privacy; New Brunswick Privacy Breach; More Transparency
from Data Brokers?; Anti-Spam Law a Little Closer;
Reminder to Protect PHI on Mobile Devices; Alberta
Employer Contravened Private Sector Privacy Law; FOIP
FOLIO Subscription; Future Events
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December 2012 Another OIPC
Milestone; Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan
Upholds the OIPC Findings and Recommendations;
Ontario High Court Orders New Trial as Result of Privacy
Invasive Background Checks; Saskatoon Public School
Board's Taxi Contract is Not a Secret Document;
Newfoundland Puts Restaurant Inspections Online; Be
Prepared for Typo-Squatting 'URL Hijacking'; Patient
Portal Rolled Out In Nova Scotia; Vermont Ultrasound
Echo Tech Sentenced for Snooping; Commissioner Denham
Requires Changes to Licence Plate Scanning Program;
Canadian Adjudicators Uphold Dismissal for Health
Workers Snooping; Cloud Computing for Health Care
Organizations; HIPA, Genome Sequencing and Privacy
as a Bioethical Issue; Future Events
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November 2012 Welcome to the
Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy
Commissioner (OIPC); New Reports from the OIPC;
Considering Metadata; Surveillance and Spectacle; Online
Gaming and Privacy; Beware of Scareware; Social
Media Information is Generally Discoverable;
Manitoba Ombudsman Releases Report Regarding CancerCare
Manitoba Privacy Breach; Alberta Pharmacy Found to have
Over-Collected Personal Health Information; Canadian
Websites Disclosing Personal Information; 'Open Court'
Principle Has Limits; Canadian Access to
Information: An Asset for Democracy or Ammunition for
Political Conflict, or Both?; New Jersey Law
Criminalizes Pictures of Accident Victims; Supreme Court
Grants Leave for Appeal of 'Recording of Picket Line'
Case; Ontario Court of Appeal Addresses Privacy in
Criminal Case; 'Advice from Officials' Exemption
Re-Examined by Ontario Court of Appeal; Making Access
Requests Online; Coroner Ordered to Release Records
Regarding Olympic Luge Athlete's Death; Parents may be
Denied Access to Child's Counselling Record;
Your Digital Estate; What Prejudice Attaches to HIPA Not
Being Substantially Similar to PIPEDA?; New Manitoba
Resource for FIPPA Users; Times Colonist Editorial Slams
Lack of Records; Ontario IPC Considers Modified
'Control' Analysis; Supreme Court Affirms Employee
Privacy Interest; Social Media and Medical Practice;
Smartphones in Hospitals; Future Events
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September - October 2012 Right
to Know (RTK) Week 2012; OIPC Issues First Report
Dealing Solely with Procedural Defect; New OIPC Reports
Dealing with Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board
(WCB); OIPC Investigation Report Considers Practices of
Saskatchewan Telecommunications (SaskTel); Saskatchewan
Residents Make Use of Federal Privacy Act; Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Breaches Result in Eye-Popping Penalties; Cross
Canada Health Information Snooping Survey; "Not All My
Friends Need to Know"; Facebook Is Not Appropriate for
Communicating with Individuals; Canadian
Websites Disclosing Personal Information; 'Open Court'
Principle Has Limits; Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Resource; Saskatoon and Regina Outperform Saskatchewan
Government; Privacy and Patients; When Can a Bid
Document be Withheld under FOIP?; Privacy and Criminal
Record Checks; Grace-Pépin
Award Goes to Founder of Freedom of Information and
Privacy Association (FIPA); Bring Your Own Device
(BYOD); Alberta Arbitration Award for Privacy Breach;
Email Communication; Have you Considered your "Medical
Shadow"?; Quebec Data Portal; Saskatoon City Council
Funds Creation of 'Open Data' Regime; B.C. Integrated
Case Management System Identified as Major Privacy
Concern; Protecting your Child's Personal Information at
School; Future Events
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July - August 2012
Office of
the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC)
Organizes Dragon Boat Team; September 24 - 28, 2012 is
Right to Know Week in Saskatchewan; Nominations for
Culliton Award; RTK Film Series; Justice Minister
Decides Not to Prosecute under The Health Information
Protection Act (HIPA); Summer 2012 Honour Roll; FOIP
Annual Report from Access and Privacy Branch; Employees
& Duty to Disclose Personal Health Information for
Accommodation Purposes; Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Annual Report; Regina Launches Open Information Site;
Government use of Cloud Computing; Plaintiff Ordered to
Disclose Facebook Photos; For Your Library; Eight Year
Contest over IBM Contract Draws to Conclusion; Online
Behavioural Advertising; Law Reform Commission Issues
Recommendations for Amending the The Provincial Privacy
Act; Does your Child's Summer Camp Really Require the
Health Services Number of the Child?; Future Events
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June
2012 Nominations for Culliton
Award; Executive Council Report from the Office of the
Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner;
Saskatchewan Access, Privacy, Security and Information
Management Forum 2012; OIPC Annual Report for 2011-2012;
OIPC Access and Privacy Honour Roll; Can a Public Body
Refute a Statement of Disagreement of an Individual?;
Seven Lose Jobs for Hospital Breaches at Peterborough
Hospital; Alberta OIPC Finds Reasonable Security
Arrangements Notwithstanding Misaddressed Envelope;
Alberta Premier Promises to Strengthen FOIP; Reference
Check: Is Your Boss Watching?; "Significant Growth" in
Digital Threats to Personal Health Information (PHI);
Calgary Police Officer Charged for Improper Disclosure
of Personal Information for Profit; More on Cloud
Computing; Social Media and Self Governing Professions;
A Consumer Perspective on Breach Notification;
Arbitration Decision: For Accommodation, Employees Must
Disclose Personal Health Information; Future Events
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May
2012 Kelsey Trail Regional Health
Authority Report; Access and Privacy Honour Roll; Regina
Qu'Appelle Regional Health Authority Report;
Saskatchewan Access, Privacy, Security & Records
Management Forum 2012; Manitoba Legislature to Consider
Privacy Sector Privacy Bill; Calgary Police Services,
Employees, Sexy Photos & FOIP; B.C. Judge Affirms that
Information and Privacy Commissioner can Consider
Solicitor-Client Privilege Claim; Bill C-12 Eroding
Privacy in the Name of Privacy; Two Dr. Practices in
Arizona hit with $100,000 Fine for Breach of Privacy
Rules; Saskatchewan 3.0 Summit, a Success; Notable
Departures; B.C. Commissioner Outlines Concerns with
Emergency Intervention Disclosure Act; Edmonton Police
'Wanted' Posters; Black Boxes in New Cars; Getting
Accountability Right; Western Canada Health Information
Privacy Symposium; Future Events
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March-April
2012 Welcome to the OIPC; Ministry of
Government Services Actions Review in OIPC Report; Moose
Jaw Police Service had no Authority to Publish Police
Salaries; City of Regina Launches 'Open Government'
Initiative; B.C. 'Open Government' Achieves Silver
Medal; Must you Reveal your Facebook Password to Get a
Job?; U.S.A. Government Rewards Patient Empowerment;
Quebec Patients Can Opt-Out of QHR Prior to March 26;
More on Lawful Access (Bill C-30); Privacy Matters is
Focus of Media Literacy Week 2012; Managing the use of
Technology by Employees: A Global Overview; Privacy
Commissioner Find Nexopia Violated PIPEDA; Manitoba
Ombudsman Completes Audit of Winnipeg FOIP Practices;
Blogger Calculated the Value of Canada's Federal Open
Data Portal; Electronic Calendar for B.C. Minister Must
be Produced; FOIP Coordinators and the Good Faith
Defence; Growing Issues for Business when Trust is Hurt
by Data; Ten Things an HR Professionals Needs to Know
about Privacy; B.C. OIPC Provides Advice on Cloud
Computing for Public Bodies; Facing up to Facial
Recognition Technology; Supreme Court of Canada Revisits
Third Party Rules and Process
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February 2012
Welcome to the OIPC; BOIE Decision
Will Impact OIPC Level of Service; Privacy, Health
Information and Patient Confidence; Workers'
Compensation Board (WCB) Report; Public Cloud Computing;
Saskatoon Health Region Fundraising Initiative; Supreme
Court Direction on Third Party Interests; Canada's
Information Commissioners Offer Advice on 'Open
Government'; Bill C-30 - 'Lawful Access' Legislation
Before Parliament; Genetic Privacy
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January 2012
Data Privacy Day 2012; New OIPC
Report on Records re: Former Echo Valley Conference
Centre Disposition; Accepting Records in Confidence; New
Developments in the European Union; Privacy Damages
Under PIPEDA; Health Information Privacy: Who Cares?
iCare; Manitoba FOI Request Reveals Taxi Complaints;
Will There be a New Legislative Regime in the E.U.?;
Ontario IPC Orders Police to Release Records re: G20
Disturbances; Supreme Court Upholds Alberta
Commissioner's Interpretation of PIPA; Guidance on
Utilizing Cloud Computing; B.C. Commissioner Orders
Release of Operational Review Report; Recommendation to
Improve B.C. Hydro Privacy Practices vis a vis Smart
Meters
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December
2011 Three Review Reports Dealing
with City of Saskatoon; Children, Consent and The
Health Information Protection Act (HIPA); British
Columbia Orders Require Disclosure; Nova Scotia Review
Officer Recommends a Zero Tolerance Privacy Environment
for WCB in the Province; OIPC Tour of Prince Albert
Parkland Regional Health Authority; Alberta Commissioner
Deals with Misuse by a Doctor and a Pharmacist of
Alberta Netcare Personal Health Information; Facebook
Acknowledges Failure to Comply with United States
Privacy Laws; Privacy Commissioner Issues Annual Report;
Saskatchewan's Highest Court Denies Privacy Protection
to Sasktel Internet Customers; Provincial Auditor
Recommends Freedom of Information and Protection of
Privacy Act Amendment to Protect Personal Information;
Changes in Alberta Oversight Agency; More on Open
Government; Federal Government Revives PIPEDA Amendments
Bill; Alberta OIPC guidelines on Energy Disconnection
Practices; Manitoba Ombudsman to Publish Full
Investigation Report
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October
- November, 2011 Employment
Opportunity; Nfld. Commissioner entitled to view
Solicitor-Client documents; Amendments to PIPEDA
re-introduced; concerns with Lawful access; conditions
in BC care homes; BC considers further amendments to its
FOIP Act; Ont. Commissioner orders end to paper
transmission of Cancer Screening Reports; City of
Vancouver ordered to disclose lease information; new
resource for Online Privacy; Patient Confidence not to
be taken for granted; BC Commissioner offers guidance on
Social Media Background Checks; Ont. law firm must pay
damages for Disclosing Name of Complainant;
Administrative Tribunals and Internet Privacy; Help for
Saskatchewan FOIP Coordinators; Foreign companies must
comply with Canadian PIPEDA; Misuse of Personal
Information by elected official; FOIP Coordinators -
Checking in; Mark your Calendar!
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September, 2011
Right to Know 2011;
Chief Justice E.M. Culliton Award Recipient 2011; Part
Two: iPad Mobile Devices - It's All About Privacy!; BC
Union Entitled to Copy of Contract Between Company and
Health Authority; New Resource on Solicitor-Client
Privilege; Privacy Breaches Catalogued in the United
States; Ontario Hospital will Reveal Name of Nurse who
Breached Privacy; New Privacy Handbook for Lawyers; IAPP
Receives First Grace-Pépin
Access to Information Award; University Employee
Sentenced to 30 Days for Snooping; Patient Portals
Becoming a Bigger Priority?; USA Patients to Get Direct
Access to Lab Test Results; Arbitrator Requires
Modification of SaskTel Medical Absence Report Form;
Newspapers Canada Report Card; Mark Your Calendar!
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July -
August, 2011 (Largest HIPA Breach to Date; OIPC
Annual Report; NFLD Commissioner Advises on Severing Personal Info
for Public Meeting; Right to Know 2011; Saskatchewan Access Requests
Up; De-identified Data Reduces Risks; Texas Raises the Bar for EHR
Compliance; Open Government Initiative in BC; Ontario Class Action
Over Lost USB Key; UCLA Health System Required to Better Protect PI;
A New Concern for Cheating Spouses; Ontario OIPC Clarifies
"Reasonable Search"; Spying on Ex-spouse by Airport Employee Goes to
Federal Court; BC OIPC Publishes Guidelines for Admin Tribunals; The
Case Against Cloud Computing; Police Officer Disciplined for Spying
on Former Girlfriend; Public-Private Partnerships and PHI; Welcome
to the OIPC; Mark Your Calendar!)
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June,
2011 (Culliton Award; indirect collection of PHI;
AVA technology; BC simultaneous disclosure practice; disclosure of
Facebook info; Supreme Court and records in Ministers' offices; AB
physician punished; FOIP Coordinators in hospitals; duty to notify
of privacy breach; Federal Court decision; Vancouver open government
initiative; Ontario IPC orders city to disclose)
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April - May,
2011 (abandoned health records; NFLD & duty to
assist; South African Conference; Impact of greater transparency; ON
hospitals shredding; Epsilon breach; EU Directive on cookies; fee
waiver; ON court decision on content of teacher's work computer; no
common law right to sue for privacy breach in ON; discovery of
social networking p.i.; in-hospital death review information; NS
university fails transparency obligations; driver's licence and
licence plate information; health information in BC; federal
political leaders urged to fix ATI; RFID Privacy Framework for EU;
biometrics; Culliton Award)
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February-March, 2011
(zero tolerance for privacy
breaches and further developments with PHIA and ATIPPA in NFLD; City
of Saskatoon Review Report LA-2011-011; iPAD devices and access to
information; Canada's new Open Data portal; BC open government
initiative; African events to promote transparency; EU campaign to
narrow access to information; a new guide for PIAs; does CCTV amount
to constructive dismissal?; BC Supreme Court narrows cabinet records
exemption; responsibility for records when an organization moves;
useful summary of data breach law in US; Ontario Hydro's Smart Grid;
Ontario IPC and another health information breach; Culliton Award;
Grace-Pepin Award; future events)
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January, 2011 (International
Privacy Day; new faces; SGI Report; Proactive disclosure; a
"reasonable search"; dismissal for snooping PHI; withholding the
names of providers from patients; trying to use PIPEDA for pre-trial
discovery; online health marketing; PIP breach; Gmail at U of A;
responding to access request; fine for PIPEDA breach; personal
e-mails at work; FIPA developments; Doctors and social networking;
Ontario IPC on burden of proof; student photographs; smart phones;
hunting for girlfriend on employer's computer; PIPEDA amendment)
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December,
2010 (misdirected faxes; City of Saskatoon Review
Report; Privacy Commissioner of Canada reappointed; Alberta Justice
violation; divided Supreme Court deals with surveillance of
electrical consumption; spyware spies on kids and shares information
with marketers too; Federal Court refuses to award damages;
protective facial recognition; FTC proposed privacy framework;
mediation records protected; BC OIPC requires disclosure of
outsourcing contracts)
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November,
2010 (2011 Culliton Award; privacy people;
fundraising opt-out; e-Parenting tutorial; ag information not
personal information; abuse of police information systems; news
stories attributable to access requests; value of open government;
an economic analysis of privacy in health care; limiting access to
health records; access to health records fees; Ontario education
campaign; flash cookies; PCC report on online tracking, profiling,
cloud computing consultation; Service Ontario privacy complaint;
Alberta survey on 'real risk of significant harm')
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September-October,
2010 (Privacy and Security Awareness Month;
Premier Wall's message; privacy for small business guide; OIPC
Report LA-2010-001; Open Government resolution; outsourcing storage
of medical files; redesigning IP geolocation; Privacy Commissioner's
Annual Report; access via performance management mechanisms;
solicitor-client privilege; privacy trumped by public interest;
privacy and smartgrid in AB; federal audit of personal information
disposal practices; guide for landlords and tenants)
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August, 2010 (Additional
space added to Regina Access and Privacy Conference; Culliton Award
Nominations Deadline; Model contract language; Leaving a trail on
the web; California hospitals fined; Federal Privacy Commissioner
announces research projects; An excellent resource; Privacy and the
smart grid; Certification program for iEHR technology; BC Hydro
resists turning over power records)
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July, 2010 (OIPC
Annual Report; September 28-29 Privacy and Security Conference; NB
Commissioner; Ontario Stolen Laptop; Disclosure of reason for employee
leaving; BC OIPC nixes collection of SIN numbers; Treasury Board PIA
Directive; Record Retention & Destruction Policy; What PIPEDA amendments
will mean for SK businesses; Supreme Court - Right to access is Charter
Right; cloud computing; Madrid privacy standard; Improper destruction;
Is it work product or personal information; Culliton Award Nominations)
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June, 2010
(Culliton
Award; SK Access Privacy and Security Conference; Saskatoon breach
Report; Tabnapping; AB PIPA amendments; Privacy Commissioner Annual
Report; SK arbitration decision; Cross-border data flows: Mexico Data
Protection Law; Amending PIPEDA; BC OIPC Order; FOIP and Leg. Assembly;
New paper on privacy law; No need to create records; Non-profit
organizations and privacy; HIPPA Security)
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May, 2010
(IPC
dismisses 95 vexatious and bad faith reviews; SK #1 in CNA survey;
Changes in Oversight Community; SK Access & Privacy Conference; DOCdavit
update; SK Hospital Fundraising Regulation; Personal Health Records;
Draft USA Legislation; Yukon Amendments; Australian Law Reform; Police
transparency in Waterloo, Ontario; BC Gunshot and Stab Wound Disclosure
Act; Generation Gap and Social Networking; EHR and Information
Scrubbing)
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April, 2010 (First
OIPC EHR Breach Report; HIPA Fundraising Regulation; SK Arbitrator
Privacy Ruling; Information Commissioner Special Report; Prince Albert
HIPA Session; HIPA Glossary; PIPEDA Challenge in Federal Court;
Anti-Spam law; BC FOIP Review Process; PIA requirements change in AB;
NFLD health information breach; BC theft of doctor's laptop; Calgary
health information breach allegation)
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February-March, 2010
(OIPC service cutbacks; OIPC Report F2010-001; doctors
outsourcing storage of patient files; Saskatchewan Justice Award; TTX &
CCTV; EHR issues raised in Australia and UK; BC IPC limits collection;
costs of data breach; cloud computing consultation by PPC; new FINTRAC
materials; access to phi in Alberta; controversial AB Court of Appeal
decision about deadlines for IPC)
- January, 2010
(OIPC workload, B.C. Commissioner moving on, Jan. 28
– Privacy Day, Report LA-2009-001/H2009-001, outpacing change,
correcting your health information, new changes to fed. privacy
laws, encrypt your mobile devices, Saskatchewan Gaming Corp., FAQs
for Administrative Tribunals, USA Federal Trade Commission and
privacy, N.S take on frivolous requests, AB changes to OIPC inquiry
process, B.C. FOIP Review, EHR impact on litigation, ON disclosure
of PHI, NB orders production of Facebook activity)
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November-December 2009
(OIPC Investigation Report F-2009-001 (SK WCB); OIPC
Review Report LA-2009-001 (SK Health Research Foundation); Access
Requests to Regional Health Authorities; Solicitor-Client Privilege;
B.C. Supreme Court; Proactive Disclosure; Genetic Information
Non-Discrimination Act (GINA); FINTRAC; Smart Privacy for the Smart
Card; Children's Online Privacy Discussion Paper; Consumer Privacy
Issues; Chartered Accountants GAPP; Standards on Privacy and Personal
Data; Can your Insurer View Your Facebook Photos?; Juror Lists in
Saskatchewan; Alberta and Non-Profits; Mark Your Calendar!)
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September-October 2009
(Changes at the OIPC, RTK 2009, Patient First Review,
Juror Screening, Federal Government Response to Call for Renewal of
Privacy Act and Access to Information Act, Border Searches of Electronic
Devices, Annual Report of Privacy Commissioner on PIPEDA, Future Events)
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August 2009
(Right to Know Week 2009; What Can Insurers Get From My
Doctor?; Wild Coyote "Where the Animals Come to Play" Nightclub and ID
Scanning Issues; Newfoundland and Labrador OIPC Annual Report;
Maximizing Compliance for Greater Transparency; Facebook Accepts
Recommendations from Privacy Commissioner of Canada; The Supreme Court
of Canada, Garbage and Privacy; Employers Entitled to Prevent Improper
Use of IT System; Major Privacy Breach in Alberta Involves Health
Information of Patients; British Columbia Commissioner's Annual Report;
Congratulations on Improved Section 7 Compliance; Canada Health Infoway
2009-10 Business Plan; Useful New Tool for Small and Medium Enterprises;
Mark Your Calendar!)
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March - April, 2009
(New Faces; Google's Street View; Commissioner
Reappointed; Fraud Awareness; Alberta's Health Information Act; Enhanced
Driver's License; New Ontario IPC Orders; Brown Bag Luncheons; Federal
Information Commissioner Criticisms; UK Physicians and Electronic Health
Records; Tasmania Access Changes; Disclosure of Personal Health
Information to U.S. Court; Law Society Code for Client Identification;
Staples Fails to Wipe Hard Drive; New Privacy Book)
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February, 2009
(Canada's Access and Privacy Community Loses a Remarkable Leader; Board
of Internal Economy Provides 12.77% Increase in Funding for OIPC;
Annotated Section Index for HIPA, FOIP & LA FOIP; Brown Bag Workshops;
City of Regina Privacy Breach; BC Commissioner Faults Government's FOI
Performance; Weaknesses in Rules Governing Voter Information Could
Threaten the Privacy of Canadians; Privacy and Administrative Tribunals;
The Supreme Court of Canada and the Open Courts Principle; Ontario Court
Finds Privacy Breach is also Constructive Dismissal; Winning Privacy
Videos)
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January, 2009
(New FOIP Regulations; President Obama Focus on Transparency;
Newfoundland Report Highlights Gap in SK FOIP; Dealing with a Privacy
Breach; Blowing in the Wind - A Cautionary Tale; Map of Canadian Access
and Privacy Laws; New Procedural Defect Process Also Applies to HIPA and
to Requests for Correction; Access and Privacy Branch FOIP Index; Can
You Collect and Retain Fingerprints?; Identity Theft Presentation; EHR
Issues Presentation; Brown Bag Workshop Series)
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December, 2008
(Thanks to the Australian Reform Commission; Should You be Collecting
Driver's License Information?; Administrative Tribunals and Privacy;
CIBC Data Breach; Right to Know Coalition Succeeds in Supreme Court of
Nova Scotia; Alberta Commissioner Concerned About Amendment to Health
Information Act; Alberta Health Region Models Good Security
Practices; Canada Border Services Agency Cancels Plan to Share Database
with U.S. Homeland Security; Enhanced Driver's License in Ontario;
Useful Lessons from Audit of Canada's Passport System; B.C. OIPC
Concerned About New Video Surveillance Initiative; More on Children's
Privacy)
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November, 2008
(The OIPC Celebrates its 5th Anniversary; Privacy Perspectives
from the Privacy Commissioner of Canada; Prairie Health Information
Privacy Day 2008; New Practice Tool for Exercising Discretion to
Disclose Personal (Health) Information Without Consent; Social
Networking Sites, Read the Fine Print; Identity Fraud; B.C. Supreme
Court Awards Damages for Invasion of Privacy; Pakistan Poised to Enact
Freedom of Information Law)
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October, 2008
(Report F-2008-002; Reflections on Right to Know Week 2008; Saskatoon
Health Region Receives Culliton Award; RTK Essay Awards; Workplace
Surveillance; Privacy Made Easy in Saskatchewan; Do You Work in a Local
Authority?; Privacy Commissioner of Canada - Administrative Agencies and
Privacy; For Your Access and Privacy Library)
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September, 2008
(HIPA Applies to Independent Medical Examinations Too; Don't Forget
Right to Know Week; Prairie Health Information Privacy Day in Winnipeg;
Tagging Media Requests as "Sensitive" Creates Unfair and Unjustifiable
Delays; Kudos to Canada Health Infoway for Publishing PIA; Fees Under
FOIP and LA FOIP; My Privacy and Me National Video Competition; Privacy
Lesson Kits; More Health Information; Another View of Facebook; New
Access Reform Proposals in Australia; Encrypt Your Memory Stick;
Canada's Privacy Commissioner Calls for Review of Internet Publication
of Personal Information by Administrative Tribunals)
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August, 2008
(Enhanced Driver's Licence, Right to Know Week, My Privacy and Me,
Prairie Health Information Privacy Day 2008, Who is Poking Through Your
Garbage, Peeking at Laptop Contents, Legal Corner on PCC Website, B.C.
OIPC Report Cards, Nova Scotia Health Information Paper)
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June/July, 2008
(Portfolio
Officer vacancy, Prof. Alasdair Roberts to launch Right to Know Week,
OIPC 2007-08 Annual Report, Automobile Injury Appeal Commission and
privacy; Supreme Court limits Privacy Commissioner powers under PIPEDA,
Commissioners meet in Regina, access to records, newborn screening,
Nfld. & Labrador Personal Health Information Act, new PIPEDA
resource, Ont. IPC White Paper on Privacy and Digital Identity:
Implications for the Internet)
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May, 2008
(Where Are These Files Coming From?; Loss of Valuable
Research Tool; Watch Out for Personal Information Being Wheeled Out the
Door; New Access and Privacy Initiative in Manitoba; Looking for Missing
Personal Health Information; Denying Access to Personal Health
Information; Alberta Commissioner Considers EHR Complaint; Commentary on
B.C. Bill 24, E-Health Act; PHI Can Be Disclosed in Emergencies and
Other Urgent Circumstances; Employee Family Assistance Programs and
Privacy Implications; UK Security Cameras an 'Utter Fiasco'; Right to
Know Week 2008)
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April, 2008
(Report H-2008--001; Cypress RHA Tour; Prairie Health
Info. Conference; Securities Act, 1998 Regulations; Right to Know Week;
Quality of Care Coordinators; Custody/Control for RHAs; B.C. Bill 24;
Abandoned Patient Records in Moose Jaw)
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March,
2008 (Report F-2008--001; OIPC service levels;
abandoned medical records in Yorkton; RFID in workplace; Fraud Awareness
Month; Improper use of personal information for
training purposes; video surveillance for Toronto transit and
businesses)
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February, 2008
(Enhanced Drivers' Licenses; Independent Medical Examination;
Investigator's Conference; Privacy Compliance and Public Education in
Saskatchewan; Sharing Personal Health Information for Fundraising
Purposes was Improper; Data on Used Vehicles Now Available; Public
Health Inspections in Alberta are a Matter of Public Interest in
Alberta; Calgary Night Club Improperly Collected Personal Information;
Edmonton Police Improperly Collected Personal Information; Fraud
Prevention Month)
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January, 2008
(New Federal Privacy Initiative to be Launched Only in Saskatchewan;
Helpful Tips Revised and Expanded; OIPC Website Statistics; OIPC Revised
Business Plan for 2007-2009; 22 Government Institutions have not yet
Appointed a Single FOIP Coordinator; Privacy Considered by Court of
Queen's Bench; New Zealand Offers Important Lessons to Saskatchewan;
Federal Privacy Commissioner's Contributions Program; CMA to Revise
Privacy Code; CAPAPA Newsletter; Interesting Privacy Developments to the
West; Newfoundland/Labrador Proclaims Privacy Provisions; Federal
Privacy Commissioner Releases Discussion Paper)
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December, 2007
(Property Tax Information & LA FOIP; Photo ID; Registration Information
as PHI; New Commissioner of NFLD & Labrador; More Privacy Breaches;
Facebook and Privacy; Legal Fees and Solicitor-Client Privilege;
Saskatchewan's First IPC; Nova Scotia Right to Know Coalition; Facebook
User Protest; Nova Scotia Mandatory Gunshot and Stab Wound Reporting
Act)
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November, 2007
(Saskatchewan Cancer Agency Report; Assistant Privacy Commissioner
Visit; Electronic Health Record Development; OIPC Tour of Mamawetan
Churchill River Health Region; Further Delays in OIPC Investigations and
Reviews; Electronic Health Information and Privacy Survey - What
Canadians Think 2007; Yet More Privacy Breaches; New Identity Theft
Bill; PIPEDA Public Consultation; Privacy Impact Assessments; Privy
Council Office Broke the Law When it Revealed Applicant's Name; Proud to
be Green)
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October, 2007
('Advice' Exemption Revisited in Report LA-2007-001; Elizabeth Denham in
Saskatchewan November 13 & 14; Portfolio Officer Wanted; 'Disclosure of
Personal Information Without Consent' Law Struck Down by Ontario Court;
International Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners' Conference; 20
Questions Business Should Ask About Privacy; Reflections on Right to
Know Week 2007; Revised Regulations for FOIP and LA FOIP; Brown Bag
Workshops; Personal Information or Work Product; What are Canadians
Thinking About Privacy?)
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September, 2007
(Welcome Angela Markel; Right to Know Events; Google Street View;
Consent Issues for Youth; Ottawa Police Service Ordered to Destroy
Improperly Collected Personal Information; Alberta's EUB Violated FOIP;
Information Sessions for SK Local Authorities in November and December;
What is Not Personal Information for Employees of the Public Sector;
Ontario Lost Hard Drive; Homeland Security Privacy Audit Uses Real Data;
International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications)
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August, 2007
(Welcome Back Pam; Right to Know Events; Culliton Award Nominations; CBA
Privacy and Access Law Sections News; Major International Privacy
Conference in Montreal; Notice to Third Parties on a Formal Review by
OIPC; Disclosure of Personal Health Information to Police; Alberta OIPC
and Limited Sharing of Personal Health Information; Data-Sharing by
Pawnshops and Second Hand Dealers; New Policy for Responding to Section
7 Complaints)
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July, 2007
(40th issue of FOIP FOLIO; John Reid to Present During Right to Know
Week; Great News from Workers' Compensation Act Committee of Review;
Saskatchewan OIPC Annual Report; Bill 61, The Vital Statistics Act,
2007; Canada's New No-Fly List; and Ontario Court of Appeal Strikes
Down Bylaw)
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June, 2007
(Nominations for Culliton Award,
Right to Know Essay
Contest Deadline Extended, Access and Privacy Folks, New Procedure for
Defects in Section 7, Investigation Report H-2007-001, Federal
Information Commissioner Annual Report, Alberta HIA Guidelines and
Practices Manual, and Ontario OIPC Annual Report)
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May, 2007
(Job
Opportunities, Alberta Commissioner's Decision to Reveal Officers'
Names, Right to Know Essay Contest, Privacy and Public Libraries,
Weyburn Shred-a-Thon, Income Tax Returns, Canada Health InfoWay White
Paper on Governance, PIPEDA Review by Commons Committee, New Federal
Government Staff, Federal Commissioner's Study on Identity Theft,
European Data Protection Supervisor Reports)
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April, 2007
(New
Director of Compliance; WCB Investigation Report; SGI Report
F2007-001; Reflections on April Conferences; Fine in Alberta Privacy
Breach Case; New HIPA Regulations; Nominations Invited for Culliton
‘Right to Know’ Award; SWIFT Investigation by PCC)
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March, 2007
(Prairie Health Information Privacy
Day; Sask Access & Privacy Conference; SK OIPC Report F-2007-001;
Initiatives at Community Resources; Lap Top Encryption; Lawful
Investigation in Newfoundland & Labrador; ID Theft: The Bite That
Could Lead to an Infection; Marly Markin)
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February, 2007
(Report to the Board of Internal
Economy, Bill 20 The Gunshot and Stab Wounds Reporting Act,
OIPC 'Library', How Do We Interpret FOIP, LA FOIP, and HIPA?,
Conference Update, Disclosure of Personal Health Information to Keep
Someone Safe, March is Fraud Awareness Month)
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January, 2007
(New Portfolio Officer, Visit by
Privacy Commissioner General Counsel, April Workshops in Regina, OIPC
2006-2009 Business Plan, New Policy for Procedural Problems, Northern
Sask. Privacy and Access Law Section, Anonymous Complaints)
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December, 2006
(Jan.
17/18 Visit by Privacy Commissioner General Counsel; April 2007 IAPP
Conference; Extension of Time Report; Blood Tribe Decision;
CAPA-CAPAPA; Breach Notification; Human Rights Commission Report;
Restaurant Inspection Reports)
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November, 2006
(Annual Report, Job Opportunity,
Employee Contact Information, Bill 20, Report on the Surveillance
Society, Prairie Health Information Conference, Youth Drug Detox
Amendment Act, Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia, Government to
Government Information Sharing Agreements)
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October, 2006
(New FOIP Coordinators; Reflections on Right to Know
Week; Making the Grade (CNA audit); Privacy-Embedded Laws of Identity;
New Regulations under LA FOIP; Submission to WCB Review Committee;
SHR Access & Privacy Webpage; Is it Access or Disclosure?)
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September 2006
(3rd Anniversary of HIPA; New Access
and Privacy Face, Nfld. Proceeds With Health Information Law; City of
Regina and Culliton 'Right to Know' Award; Two New SK OIPC Reports;
Altering Documents to IPC; Identity of Applicants; New OIPC Website
Features)
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August, 2006
(New Privacy/Access Face;
'Right to Know' Week in Saskatchewan; 'Right to Know' E. M. Culliton
Award Call for Nominations; Canadian Bar Assoc. Privacy and Access Law
Section; Paul Chadwick visit from Australia; New Privacy DVD; Ontario
Health Privacy Breach; OIPC Brown Bag Luncheons continue)
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July, 2006
(New Privacy/Access Faces; Paul Chadwick
visit from Australia; Sask. Health Registration Numbers; Report
H-2006-001; 'Right to Know' Week; Canadian Bar Association Privacy and
Access Section; PIPEDA review document; BC and Ontario Annual Reports)
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June, 2006
(New Privacy/Access Faces; Professor Rick
Snell; Australia Commissioner Paul Chadwick; Federal Privacy
Commissioner PIPEDA Annual Report and Report on Privacy Act;
Pre-Employment Drug Screening; New Access and Privacy Law Section;
SIPP News Release; Federal Information Commissioner Annual Report;
'Right to Know' Week; British Columbia Bill C-2)
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April / May, 2006
(Report F-2006-001; Brown Bag
Luncheons; Manitoba Youth Drug Stabilization Act; Census Day; Sask.
Learning webpage; Loyalty cards; Alberta Law Review; PIPA & the Hiring
Process; Sale of B.C. computer tapes)
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March, 2006
(Job Opportunity, Brown Bag Luncheons,
HIM Profession, Tasmanian Expert, Youth Detox Law, Is your computer
being hijacked?, Identity Theft, Privacy/Access in Sask. Schools,
Sask. Gov't stops using SINs, Fraud Guide)
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February, 2006
(OIPC Brown Bag Luncheons; OIPC
website stats, OIPC Reinforcements coming; Avoid Barriers to Access;
Accessing Government Information; Rules for Protecting Personal
Information of Employees; Justice Gomery's 2nd Report; Public Sector
Outsourcing; Possession and Control - what does it mean?; Respecting a
Woman's Right to Choose )
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January, 2006
(Privacy People; OIPC Luncheon
Workshops; Contractors Guide to Access and Privacy; HIPA
facilities sharing of health information for the treatment of a
patient; Public bodies should streamline access and privacy
management; Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs); Your Right of
Privacy)
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December, 2005
(When can an employer disclose
personal information to a union without your consent?;
Federal Info and Privacy Offices not merged; Your privacy does not end at death; Gomery Inquiry; Electronic surveillance;
Ontario's PHIPA displaces PIPEDA;
Blackberry security issues)
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November, 2005
(Sun Country Health Region; website
stats; SGI Report; City of Saskatoon Report; When to raise an
exemption under FOIP; creating stronger passwords; BC Commissioners
reappointed; BC posts online forms; Ontario medical files recycled;
What does "Advice or Recommendations" mean?; "Do Not Call" Bill C-37;
FOIP is not just another law !; black-box recorder; biometrics)
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October, 2005
(Access and Privacy People; Disclosure
of Personal Health Information; Calgary Privacy Video; Merger of
Federal Info and Privacy Offices?; Saskatchewan Schools and LA FOIP;
Employee Privacy; Company failed to meet PIPEDA requirements; Company
Surveillance)
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September, 2005 (Privacy People; Black Boxes; Event
Data Recorders; Privacy Enhancing Technology; Closed Circuit TV; OIPC
International Accreditation; View OIPC Resources; No-Fly list; "Right
to Know" Day)
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August, 2005
(OIPC Annual Report 2004-05; Preparing for an OIPC
review, Closed Circuit TV on Buses?)
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June-July, 2005
(Duty to Assist; PIPEDA & Local
Authorities; Can a Public Library Secretly Monitor Employee
Keystrokes?; Missing Computer Tape in Alberta; Doctor Refuses Access
Request)
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May, 2005
(OIPC new address; Canadian Newspaper Assoc.; Police &
FOIP; Body-scanning; Right of Access; Video Surveillance; Privacy
Breaches; USA Patriot Act)
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March-April, 2005
(Is your Photocopier/Fax Machine
leaking?; Video Surveillance; 'Steaming open an Envelope' in an
Electronic World)
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February, 2005
(Identity Theft; Video Surveillance; 'Right to Know';
Freedom of Information in Global Economy)
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January, 2005
(Digital Rights Management and Technology & Privacy;
Video Surveillance; Sask. Health Quality Council; Privacy Laws and
Health Information DVD Now Available)
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December, 2004
(Frivolous and Vexatious Requests;
Do You Know Who is Receiving your faxes?; Security Breaches;
Criminalizing 'Dumpster Diving'; What happens when both HIPA and
PIPEDA apply?; How is Health Information being treated under PIPEDA?)
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October-November, 2004
(Record will be Disclosed if
Public Body can't prove its Exemption; Disclosure of Personal
Information to Unions; USA Patriot Act; Outsourcing)
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September, 2004
(Contracting Out; Duty to Assist the Applicant;
Claiming an Exemption; HIPA; Breach of Privacy Complaints; Identity of
Applicant is Personal Information)
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August, 2004
(Public Registries and Privacy; Patient Data Theft and
Internet Pharmacies; USA Patriot Act; Review of Alberta HIA; Paying to
see your own health record; Draft Regulations for Sask. HIPA; 'Phishing')
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July, 2004
(The Credit Reporting Act (Bill 38);
The
Archives Act, 2004; Disclosing personal health information to next
of kin; Obligation to keep records; Is your organization a
'Trustee'?; Amending Personal Health Information; Your Access to
Information Rights)
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June, 2004
(Video Surveillance; Privacy Framework;
Fax Policy; Unsolicited Credit Cards; Radio Frequency Identification
technology; What personal information can a college disclose to
media?)
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May, 2004
(Note for Pharmacists and other Trustees; Video
Surveillance; Taking files 'on the road'; Stand-alone health
information statute)
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April, 2004
(E-Government through a Saskatchewan Filter; Helpful
Hints; Radio Frequency Identification technology; FOIP & PIPEDA;
Public Presentations; Privacy & Internet Music)
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February, 2004 (Privacy Impact Assessment; Vehicle
Ownership Information; Why does and applicant want access; who does
PIPEDA apply to; PIPEDA and Health Information; Police & FOIP; Privacy
need not be a roadblock)
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January, 2004
(Is your organization covered by HIPA?;
Role of Information and Privacy Co-ordinators; Purpose of FOIP and LA
FOIP Acts; Duty to Assist)
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December, 2003
(HIPA; Schools and Local Authorities; PIPEDA;
Contracting Out)
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November, 2003
(FOI vs. FOIP; Role of the OIPC; Compliance with HIPA;
Privacy Impact Assessment)
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