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Privacy breach affects 200 Hamilton health records most vulnerable of situations.
Russell Silverstein, co-president of
Innocence Canada, said on Tuesday
that this infusion of financial sup-
Organization found hack fy the doctors office in question, Ter- the practice manager of a physicians Ryerson University, said the situa- port allows us to go back to where we
ry McCarthy, executive director and office that had recently taken over a tion is enormously concerning. were and run our operation fully.
involved remote viewing privacy officer, confirmed the breach roster of patients. Personal health information is the It marks an important change in
of electronic patients files involved an unauthorized, remote In this case, McCarthy says the doc- most sensitive type of personal in- the culture of access to justice and
viewing of some electronic patient tor immediately contacted the elec- formation out there, and it deserves the fight against wrongful convic-
MOLLY HAYES files. tronic medical record vendor and the strongest protections, she said. tions to have the government recog-
HAMILTON SPECTATOR
Thats hacking, says former pro- blocked further access, then contact- Obviously if you are dealing with nize the reality of this phenomenon
The Hamilton Family Health Team, vincial privacy commissioner Ann ed the privacy commissioner. electronic medical records, you must and the importance of the work we
a non-profit corporation that pro- Cavoukian. You dont have some- The HFHT, which also provides have the strongest security possible. do, Silverstein said.
vides clinical and administrative as- one snooping (in the office). You privacy training and will act as priva- People need to be assured their data Despite these funds, Silverstein
sistance to 166 doctors, confirmed have potentially widespread access cy officers, assisted with a detailed is going only to the intended parties. said they will work to rouse public
Tuesday that personal letters were online. audit of the files that had been ac- On Tuesday, the privacy commis- support to encourage donations
sent out to 204 patients last week to The breach was detected in Sep- cessed and confirmed Tuesday that sioners office said that without the from the private sector and individu-
inform them of a privacy breach of its tember, McCarthy said, during a rou- none had been altered. name of the doctors office, it could al donors, so that they will not be-
files at a local doctors office. tine privacy audit, during which the Cavoukian, executive director of not confirm reports of a breach or come dependent on the government
While the HFHT refused to identi- HFHT offers technical support, by the Privacy and Big Data Institute at offer additional information. forever.
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