A painter lost his job at a major B.C. liquefied natural gas construction site after refusing a drug and alcohol test demanded by his employer following a sniffer dog search …
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City of Lloydminster overcharged former worker for privacy request to her own employment records
A former City of Lloydminster employee who paid nearly $2,000 to access her own employment records was overcharged by more than $1,200, Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner has found — and the …
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A patient services clerk at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario has been ordered to pay a $2,000 administrative monetary penalty after improperly accessing the personal health information of 43… …
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N.W.T. health authority worker breached privacy via employee disclosures: Commissioner
The Northwest Territories Information and Privacy Commissioner found that an employee of the territory’s Health and Social Services Authority unlawfully disclosed co-workers’ personal information and … Free Membership Required To …
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A City of Regina employee who filed a sweeping access to information request covering five years of internal communications, investigation records, and medical correspondence has won the release of se… …
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An Ontario Provincial Police officer who sought access to records from two separate investigations — one into an incident in which he was identified as a victim and another into …
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Chatham-Kent’s search for records on deputy CAO role creation was reasonable: Privacy commissioner
The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario has dismissed an appeal challenging the Municipality of Chatham-Kent’s response to a freedom of information request seeking records about the creati… Free Membership …
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Ontario overhauls privacy and cyber security rules for schools, hospitals and public sector
Ontario is requiring hospitals, school boards and other public sector organizations to meet new cyber security standards under sweeping changes to the province’s access and privacy framework — the fir… …
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Sheridan College FOI request for employment records dismissed, labour relations exclusion upheld
A former Sheridan College employee’s bid to obtain records related to meetings about his employment has been dismissed, with an adjudicator finding the records are excluded from Ontario’s freedom of …
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Vaughan, Ont., fire services report excluded from freedom of information law, adjudicator rules
A fire communications strategy report commissioned by the City of Vaughan is not subject to Ontario’s freedom of information legislation because it relates to labour relations matters, an adjudicator … …

