Wednesday, January 28, 2004

Article: Ontario Privacy chief criticizes limits to health records

London Free Press: News Section - Privacy chief criticizes limits to health records:

"Privacy chief criticizes limits to health records
Ontario's information and privacy office called proposed legislation insulting and flawed.

TORONTO -- Forcing Ontario's information and privacy office to obtain warrants to ontain patient's medical records is a serious and insulting flaw in proposed legislation to protect the personal health information of individuals, says commissioner Ann Cavoukian. 'I am truly baffled. It makes no sense,' Cavoukian told reporters yesterday after appearing before a legislative committee studying the proposed bill. "

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