Privacy Impact Assessment Guidance and Supporting Documentation
This resource will guide government institutions, local authorities, and trustees in identifying privacy impacts and solutions to ensure safeguards are in place to protect personal information/personal health information to the greatest extent possible as well as to ensure compliance with the applicable privacy legislation. This document is meant to be a guide and not a... read more
Helpful Tips: Mobile Device Security
This document is intended to provide general advice to organizations on how to protect personal information and personal health information when using mobile devices. Helpful Tips: Mobile Device Security Background Mobile computing and communication devices (mobile devices), such as the laptop computer, iPad, flash drive, PDA, BlackBerry®, cell phone, iPhone, etc. are common fixtures in... read more
Faxing Personal Information and Personal Health Information
Safeguards and responding to a breach Faxing PI and PHI: Safeguards and Responding to a Breach This guide assists public bodies and health trustees to ensure the necessary safeguards are in place when choosing to send personal information (pi) and personal health information (phi) by fax. It also provides a checklist of things to do... read more
Audit and Monitoring Guidelines for Trustees
Audit and Monitoring Guidelines for Trustees Introduction Auditing practices are necessary to safeguard personal health information (PHI). Section 16 of The Health Information Protection Act (HIPA) requires trustees to put administrative, technical and physical safeguards in place to protect PHI against theft, loss and unauthorized access to or to use, disclosure or modification of the... read more