Liberals promised during 2015 federal election to strengthen Canada’s access-to-information regime
The commissioner’s office gave the thumbs-up to the government’s COVID Alert app
Issues included breach of privacy, failure to follow medication orders and hospital procedures
Historical patient billing information may have been accessed
Office says it will complete a related investigation focusing on RCMP use of Clearview AI’s facial-recognition technology
The B.C. office will be part of the investigation along with its Quebec, Alberta and federal counterparts
The Canadian laboratory testing company was found to have violated its patients’ privacy
Tam says such technology could make it easier to manage the spread of COVID-19
The 2019 investigation report cited major shortcomings in Facebook’s procedures
The 2017 breach affected roughly 145 million people
In 2019, Daniel Therrien found that Facebook allowed personal data to be used for political purposes
Privacy commissioners develop lesson plans for grade 6-12
Not revealing the identities of homicide victims is bad public policy, and here’s why
