Archive (Tag: protect)
Protecting your Personal Information in Today’s Consumer Landscape
In today’s fast-paced world, there is nothing better than the satisfying task of checking purchases off your never-ending to-do list. Who doesn’t love the delight of browsing for treasures and the weight of a shopping bag full of glorious, new purchases in their hand? A growing trend shows that most Canadian shoppers have returned to... read more
Snooping in a Police Database
OIPC recently issued Investigation Report 123-2025 into a case where Constable Clinton Duquette of the Regina Police Service (RPS) snooped into the personal information of six individuals over a period of three years. The RPS is subject to The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (LA FOIP). Penalties for contravening LA... read more
Avoiding Abandoned Patient Records
After being with this office for more than 21 years, I had hoped that we had finished hearing about abandoned patient records. While there should never be a circumstance where patient records containing the personal health information of individuals are abandoned, such instances unfortunately continue to occur. There was a big push years ago to... read more
5 Ways to Protect Your Privacy
Welcome to the Saskatchewan IPC’s blog! Here you’ll find tips, information, instruction, stories, and commentary on what’s going on in our office or in the access and privacy community at large. We also hope to invite guest bloggers to post their thoughts on here too. So to kick off this blog, here are five ways... read more