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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)
