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Just what is privacy? It is useful to consider privacy as a kind of personal thing or interest, among many others, that some people like to have lots of. “Privacy is the interest that individuals have in sustaining ‘personal space’, free from interference by other people and organizations” “It is the desire by each of us…

We have been receiving inquiries this week regarding what types of personal health information employees need to disclose to their employers during a Public Health Emergency. As organizations are working to establish new tools, protocols, procedures and processes for the crisis while in the midst of it, it is important to know how to balance…

To enforce Information Access and Protection of Privacy legislation, jurisdictions have formed different oversight bodies. In Canada, the two most popular are the ‘adjudicative’ commissioner, with binding order-making power, and the ‘advisory’ commissioner or Ombudsman, which can make recommendations, but has no authority to make orders. Should the Commissioner’s decision be unsatisfactory, an application for…

The ‘Spirit of the Act’ can be found in the interpretation and decision making process as well as the Purpose of the Access to Information Act (ATIA), which is “to extend the law of Canada to provide a right of access according to the principles that government information should be available to the public and…

Alberta Privacy Breaches Highlight a Continued Need for Privacy Training You are likely aware by now that under the Health Information Act (HIA), as of August 31, 2018, health information breach reporting and notification requirements became mandatory. The results of this amendment seemed somewhat difficult to predict by the investigative body itself, however, if you…