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Unauthorized Access
This blog is focused on the unauthorized access to electronic health records for purposes such as curiosity, concern, personal gain, spite, or boredom, and the harm that results from such unauthorized access. I note that the majority of trustee employees or individuals in service of a trustee (including physicians) access electronic health records for purposes... read more
Non-Responsive Information in a Responsive Record
FOIP and LA FOIP provides specific exemptions that public bodies must or may apply when preparing records for release in response to an access to information request. There are circumstances in which a public body may consider information within a record to be non- responsive and have to decide whether to sever such information on... read more
Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner Tables 2015-2016 Annual Report
Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ronald J. Kruzeniski, Q.C. has submitted his office’s 2015-2016 Annual Report to the Legislative Assembly. Kruzeniski stated: This is my second Annual Report filed as the Information and Privacy Commissioner and I hope it reflects the path I have taken over the last two years and intend to pursue over... read more
Tips for a Good Submission
I have worked at the IPC for the past 5 1⁄2 years and I am leaving for an exciting opportunity in the Ministry of Justice. As I reflect on my years at the IPC, I wondered how I could help those who work in this area. I have seen a lot of submissions and I... read more