A review by the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) of two significant privacy breaches involving the sale of new mothers’ personal health information for financial gain has determined that Rouge Valley Health System (hospital) failed to put in place reasonable technical and administrative safeguards to protect patient information. In an Order issued today, Acting Commissioner…
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Ca: Rouge Valley Hospital employee involved in privacy breach charged by Securities Commission
OK, this is a bit different. There’s an update to a breach at Rouge Valley Hospital that was previously noted on this blog and that has already resulted in a lawsuit. The Canadian Press reports: A former clerk at the Rouge Valley hospital group in southern Ontario has been charged following an investigation into the…
Ca: Rouge Valley privacy breach bigger than originally thought (updated)
A breach at Rouge Valley Centenary that involved the contact information of 8,300 new mothers possibly being sold by two employees to multiple Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) companies may also have affected new mothers at Rouge Valley Health System’s (RVHS) Ajax and Pickering site as well. It is not clear, however, whether the same two employees were responsible. CP24 has the update….
Ca: Rouge Valley faces $400M class-action lawsuit over privacy breach
Joel Eastwood reports: A $412-million class action lawsuit has been brought against a Scarborough hospital on behalf of thousands of patients whose personal information was leaked by two former employees. The hospital revealed earlier this month that the contact information of as many as 8,300 patients at Rouge Valley Centenary, mainly mothers who gave birth…
Ca: Major privacy breach involving thousands of new mums uncovered at Rouge Valley hospital
Joel Eastwood reports: A major privacy breach at a Scarborough hospital is being investigated by Ontario’s privacy commissioner after the contact information of thousands of new mothers was leaked to companies that were allegedly paying off hospital employees. As many as 8,300 patients had their name, address and phone number turned over to private companies…
Ca: OSC Announces Sentences and Guilty Pleas in Hospital Privacy Breach Case
The OSC today announced that Nellie Acar, Esther Cruz, Polina (Poly) Edry and Subramanian Sulur entered guilty pleas to charges laid following an investigation by the OSC’s Joint Serious Offences Team (JSOT) related to the misuse of confidential patient information from the Rouge Valley Health System and the Scarborough Hospital. Acar pleaded guilty to one count of secret commissions…