Toronto Hydro Surveillance?
I can’t help but think there’s a movie in this somewhere. Love, devotion and allegations of betrayal are all present. Mix in smart meters and privacy and it becomes obvious why I’m blogging about this. It’s quite a fascinating story and it comes from, of all places, an unpublished Ontario IPC report, issued in September […]
Health Privacy: Is PHIPA the only game in town?
There is a new and interesting decision out of Peterborough that raises but doesn’t answer a lot of questions. These questions revolve around the intersection of PHIPA, class action law and tort law. This is not something you see everyday although we may have to wait awhile before the dust (and the law) settles.
To Fine Or Not To Fine
It’s tough to be a hospital these days and I don’t envy the people trying to manage such places. But one thing I do expect is some degree of attention to the confidentiality of patient information. One hospital provides a unique set of facts that raises the question of appropriate regulatory responses.
Pondering the Evolution of Surveillance
“You don’t hear it, and unless you know what you’re looking for, you can’t see it.” Bill C. Nabors Jr., Texas Department of Public Safety That quote appears in a recent Washington Post story about the use of pilotless drones for domestic surveillance purposes, raising questions as to the use of a new and cheap […]