Investigation Report: PHIA Unauthorized Access – Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living (MHSAL)
investigations & monitoring
health facility, body or trustee
Summary
Report with Recommendations & Response to Recommendations
Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living (MHSAL); unauthorized access to personal health information in the databases of the Provincial Drug Program (PDP) branch; privacy investigation – collection, use, disclosure, security; ombudsman found that the department failed to respond in a timely way to the incidents of unauthorized access by one of its employees and that the department did not, at the time, have in place sufficient policies, procedures and other safeguards to meet its obligations under PHIA.
Case MO-2014-0500