Thursday, November 09, 2006

Alberta Commissioner investigates missing laptop with mental health records

Hot off the presses from the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta:

Commissioner launches investigation into stolen Calgary Health Region laptop:

Alberta’s Information and Privacy Commissioner has confirmed that his office is investigating the theft of a laptop computer from the home of an employee of the Calgary Health Region. The computer contains the personal health information of approximately 1,000 patients, who received services provided by the Region’s Collaborative Mental Health Department.

Click to view more information Commissioner launches investigation into stolen Calgary Health Region laptop

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey, isn't that the third time in Alberta in less than three years? I found this site while trying to locate the 2nd. Maybe you should add your link called
Incident: Encrypted Tapes Containing Health Information on Hundreds of Thousands of Albertans Missing or Tampered With at http://www.privacylawyer.ca/blog/
2005/03/incident-encrypted-tapes-containing.html
to this page as well.

How can it happen so many times unless it's deliberate?

Anonymous said...

Hey, isn't that the third time in Alberta in less than three years? I found this site while trying to locate the 2nd. Maybe you should add your link called
Incident: Encrypted Tapes Containing Health Information on Hundreds of Thousands of Albertans Missing or Tampered With at http://www.privacylawyer.ca/blog/
2005/03/incident-encrypted-tapes-containing.html
to this page as well.

How can it happen so many times unless without being deliberate? Is it just plain ol' carelessness?