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The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner is the regulatory body for the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the FOIP Act), the Health Information Act (HIA) and the Personal Information Protection Act (Private Sector Privacy). The Commissioner also conducts inquiries under the Access to Motor Vehicle Information Regulation (AMVIR).

Order F2012-02
February 03, 2012
An Adjudicator with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has determined that there is not sufficient evidence to conclude that an officer with the Medicine Hat Police Service disclosed the personal information of an individual in contravention of the FOIP Act.

Orders F2012-04 and H2012-01
February 03, 2012
An Adjudicator with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has determined that a decision by the Out-Of-Country Health Services Committee not to release information to an Applicant was correct.

Investigation Report F2012-IR-01
January 20, 2012
An investigation by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner found that the Edmonton Public School District did not follow its own policies and guidelines in the loss of a USB memory stick containing personal information of more than 7,000 individuals. The memory stick was not password protected or encrypted.

News Release - Investigation Report F2012-IR-01
January 20, 2012
Edmonton Public School District did not follow its own policies in loss of memory stick.

Order F2012-01
January 18, 2012
An Adjudicator with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has determined that Holy Family Catholic Regional Division No. 37 had the authority to release the personal information of an individual to RCMP to avert or minimize an imminent danger to the health or safety of any person.

News Release - Privacy Commissioners sign new MOU on private sector privacy
January 05, 2012
The Information and Privacy Commissioners of British Columbia and Alberta and the Federal Privacy Commissioner have renewed their commitment to collaborate in an effort to better protect Canadians’ personal information.

Order F2011-020
December 31, 2011
An Adjudicator with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has ordered Alberta Seniors to conduct a new search for responsive records, to consider whether it is possible to create a record from its electronic records that would meet the Applicant’s requirements, and to provide a new response to an Applicant.

Order F2011-019
December 22, 2011
An Adjudicator with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has determined that in the particular set of circumstances giving rise to a complaint, the Calgary Police Service was authorized to disclose to a complainant’s former spouse the fact that the Complainant held a valid driver’s license.

Order P2011-006
December 22, 2011
An Adjudicator with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has determined that Borden Ladner Gervais LLP properly withheld an Applicant’s personal information. The information was in a file created by the law firm in the course of representing a client opposed to the Applicant in a legal dispute.

News Release: Supreme Court of Canada issues decision
December 19, 2011
The Supreme Court of Canada upheld the Commissioner's interpretation that extending time for completing an inquiry after time limit expires does not automatically terminate inquiry

News Release - Guidelines for using Social Media for Background Checks
December 15, 2011
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has released guidelines on the use of social media for conducting background checks on individuals

Guidelines for Social Media Background Checks
December 15, 2011

News Release: Christmas Shopping Tips to Protect Your Privacy
December 14, 2011

Order H2011-002
December 08, 2011
Red Deer Regional Hospital had authority to disclose health information

Order F2011-018
December 08, 2011
Alberta Health and Wellness properly withheld some information but is ordered to release other records

Western Canada Health Information Symposium

April 30, 2012 - May 01, 2012