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We’ve all been there. Waiting in line, alone, 1 or 2 spots away from the customer service counter at the local Registries office. Looking around the office, you see new furniture, smell fresh paint and hear the receptionist’s squeaky voice on repeat, “Hello, **** Registries and Insurance Office, how can I help you?” You focus…

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…

I can relate to Robert Ellis Smith’s definition of privacy Specifically, the free from intrusion phrase, as he defined privacy as, “The desire by each of us for physical space where we can be free of interruption, intrusion, embarrassment or accountability, and the attempt to control the time and manner of disclosures of personal information…

“Privacy is the interest that individuals have in sustaining a ‘personal space’, free from interference by other people and organizations”[i] and it’s “about the integrity of the individual”[ii]. These are broad working definitions of privacy which Roger Clarke has used for decades. If we agree that privacy is related to the individual who also has…

Most people were not working from home prior to the pandemic, however a shift has occurred and more people are working from home most of the time or occasionally depending on their situational circumstances. If you have fully transitioned to a home office or if you on occasion find yourself at your home office, there…

Each waking moment of each day, most of us leave a trail of data behind, like breadcrumbs but not for cute fairytale purposes, rather the opposite, for others to collect, combine with other data, analyse, alter and even sell- all without your consent and often without your knowledge. In January 2020, the Office of the…