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Ombudsman releases status update on Manitoba Families’ implementation of CDS privacy breach audit recommendations
Sep 1, 2023
Manitoba Families. Follow-up on the status of the department’s implementation of nine privacy breach recommendations identified in Manitoba Ombudsman’s April 2021 Children’s disAbility Services (CDS) systemic investigation. The investigation concerned a privacy breach where the personal health information of 8,900 CDS service recipients was unintentionally disclosed. Our office determined that Families has fully implemented seven of nine recommendations, and needs to take further actions on two recommendations.
Read moreManitoba Ombudsman releases findings of the Manitoba immunization card initiative’s compliance with the PHIA
Aug 30, 2023
Manitoba Ombudsman has released its report on the privacy implications of the Manitoba immunization card launched in June 2021, in which Manitobans could request an immunization card to be used as proof they were fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Read moreCanadian Information and Privacy Regulators Call for Stronger Safeguards for Sharing Personal Health Information
Sep 26, 2022
In a joint resolution, Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial information and privacy commissioners and ombudspersons are calling for a concerted effort across the healthcare sector to modernize and strengthen privacy protections for sharing personal health information.
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