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Ca: Veterans minister halts privacy breach investigation by vets ombudsman

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Dissent

I’ve previously covered a privacy breach involving an activist veterans’ medical records. I was somewhat disturbed to read that the investigation into the breach has been shut down. Murray Brewster reports: An investigation by Canada’s veterans ombudsman into a controversial breach of privacy was quietly shut down last year on the instructions of Veterans Affairs…

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Ca: Veteran's privacy not violated, internal review found

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Dissent

An independent investigator who reviewed privacy violations at Veterans Affairs Canada told the Harper government in late 2010 it was appropriate to include the personal medical information of an outspoken advocate in briefing material, say internal federal documents. The central finding of the Amprax Inc. review flies in the face of the country’s privacy watchdog,…

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Veteran Alleges Another Privacy Breach At Agency

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Dissent

From CBC: Another veterans’ advocate says government officials breached his privacy by unnecessarily going into his medical record hundreds of times, one year after Sean Bruyea settled a similar complaint. In an interview with Evan Solomon, host of CBC Radio’s The House, Dennis Manuge said he decided to look into his own file when he…

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Ca: Bureaucrats who violated veteran's privacy get ‘slap on the wrist’

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Dissent

Murray Brewster reports what is undoubtedly a lame and disappointing response to an egregious privacy breach: Veterans Affairs bureaucrats who rifled through the personal files of a department critic were handed written reprimands and three-day suspensions – penalties the victim calls a “slap on the wrist.” An internal investigation found 54 veterans bureaucrats improperly snooped…

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Ca: Bruyea's lawsuit against feds could be settled out of court, says lawyer

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Dissent

Tim Naumetz reports: The federal government appears ready to settle a $400,000 lawsuit by veterans advocate Sean Bruyea after Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart’s ruling that the Veterans Affairs Department contravened the Privacy Act by circulating his confidential personal information and medical files. Mr. Bruyea’s lawyer would say only that following a lengthy delay in a…

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Canadian Medical Journal lashes out at Veterans Affairs over privacy leaks

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Dissent

The Canadian Medical Association Journal has lashed out at Veterans Affairs Canada over the way it handles medical records. The group published an editorial today demanding the federal government take immediate steps to restore confidence in the department after the privacy commissioner found the records of outspoken critic Sean Bruyea were used to smear him….

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