Blog Archive (Year: 2022)
Bill 101 Amendments to the CFSA
The Minister of Social Services has tabled Bill 101 with amendments to the CFSA. The Commissioner suggested the Minister consider some amendments that would improve the legislation. The open letter can be read here. read more
Raising Awareness of the Facts about Fax
The ongoing use of traditional fax machines to send personal information and personal health information by government institutions and trustees continues to raise privacy concerns. My office and Canada’s other privacy commissioners and ombudspersons called for a concerted effort to phase out the use of traditional fax machines in a September 2022 resolution which can... read more
Cybersecurity Awareness
October was Cybersecurity awareness month in Canada. Cybersecurity is everyone within an organization’s responsibility, and a solid regime requires proper policies, procedures, technical safeguards, and training. Ask any cybersecurity expert, and they will tell you the single biggest risk to an organization’s systems and information is the people who already have access to it. A... read more
File Path Frustrations
Good records management assists in compliance with access and privacy obligations. It requires properly identifying and classifying records. For electronic records, files need a meaningful name and categorization. This all seems simple, but what if your system is working against this goal, and you cannot properly name your files? We encountered this issue after switching... read more