The Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer, containing information related to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (aka PIPEDA) and other Canadian and international laws.
The author of this blog, David T.S. Fraser, is a Canadian privacy lawyer who practices with the firm of McInnes Cooper. He is the author of the Physicians' Privacy Manual. He has a national and international practice advising corporations and individuals on matters related to Canadian privacy laws.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2005
A short time ago, Industry Canada gazetted its notice of the proposed order-in-council to deem the Personal Health Information Protection Act to be substantially similar to PIPEDA. (See PIPEDA and Canadian Privacy Law: Industry Canada proposes PIPEDA exemption for Ontario "health information custodians".) If passed by cabinet, this would exclude "health information custodians" in Ontario from the application of PIPEDA. The notice in the Gazette requested comments on the proposed order.
The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic has provided its comments, limiting its review to the weak research exemption of PHIPA. The impguned provision doesn't jibe with PIPEDA in that it only requires a research ethics review board to "consider" certain factors before allowing a researcher to have access to personal health information. See the letter to Industry Canada here.
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