Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

• Nova Scotia ordered to disclose management fees it pays for company to operate Yarmouth Ferry

  The management fees represent the guaranteed profit that Bay Ferries Ltd., makes for operating the CAT ferry which travels between Yarmouth, N.S., and Bar Harbor.

  Canada

  Feb 16
• Edmonton pharmacist fined for accessing health info after collision, using it against other person

  The Edmonton-based pharmacist accessed the health information of a person he was in an automobile collision with, to try and persuade them from submitting an insurance claim.

  Canada

  Jan 19
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• N.S. information commissioner says office legally hamstrung, short on resources

  Tricia Ralph's first annual report as commissioner highlighted a litany of continuing issues in Nova Scotia's privacy and information legislation.

  Politics

  Jul 15, 2020
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• Nova Scotia ministers, officials still using personal email accounts despite warning

  Documents released through access to information show at least two ministers and the premier's chief of staff are still using personal email accounts at work.

  Politics

  Jan 30, 2020
• Alberta privacy commissioner investigating Alcanna’s use of ID scanning at liquor stores

  Alberta's privacy commissioner is investigating Alcanna's ID-scanning pilot project aimed at curbing violent liquor store robberies.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2020
• South Edmonton medical clinic employee fined after admitting to health data breaches

  An office assistant was fined $4,000 for snooping into two people's health records while she worked at a medical clinic in Edmonton's Terwillegar area.

  Crime

  Oct 3, 2019
• Information of 7,000 patients exposed after Calgary doctor uses personal email

  A Calgary physician's use of a personal email account and its subsequent hacking has compromised the security of health information from 7,000 patients.

  Crime

  Aug 22, 2019
• N.S. justice department ‘fundamentally undermining access to information legislation’: report

  The report was published on the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner's (OIPC) website on Wednesday,

  Canada

  Jun 26, 2019
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• NSHA suffers privacy breach, nearly 3,000 patients possibly affected

  The Nova Scotia Health Authority says 2,841 people and their next of kin are being notified about the breach.

  Health

  Jun 10, 2019
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• Nova Scotia information and privacy watchdog cites concerning trends in government performance

  The report also details the "extraordinary" increase in the caseload of the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner and the challenges it faces with very limited resources. 

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2019