The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report PH-2023-001 under authority of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. A summary of the Report is included below.
To view the Report in its entirety, please go to www.oipc.nl.ca/reports/commissioner.
| Report: | PH-2023-001 |
| Report Date: | March 8, 2023 |
| Public Body: | Key Assets |
| Summary: | A number of psychologists and social workers ended their contracts with Key Assets, a social services organization, and requested their clinical files. When the organization refused to transfer the files, the clinicians filed a complaint under the Personal Health Information Act with our Office. The Commissioner found that the clinicians individually, not Key Assets, are the custodians of the personal health information of clients in the disputed clinical files. The clinicians therefore have the right and the responsibility under the Act, to secure and protect the records and to control access to, use and disclosure of the information. The Commissioner therefore recommended that the clinicians take steps to ensure an orderly transfer of the records to their own custody. |
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