Susan on the Soapbox welcomes her first guest blogger. Employment and privacy lawyer Brian Thiessen has a few words to say about a privacy breach that impacts 620,000 Albertans. The title says it all. The Buck Stops Here–Privacy 101 for Minister Horne–Incompetence is not a defence Like most Albertans, I
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Alberta Diary: About those 620,000 missing patient files: the timing’s interesting but the accountability’s a bigger deal
Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne: He’s outraged about those 620,000 missing patient files. Below: Privacy Commissioner Jill Clayton. She’s looking in to it. Now, everyone go back to sleep. Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne claims to be outraged he’s only just learned the personal health records of 620,000 Albertans were
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