Commissioner Welcomes Substantially Similar Finding
Commissioner Frank Work today welcomed news that the Governor in Council found that Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) is…
Commissioner Responds to the Final Report of the Select Special Health Information Act Review Committee
Frank Work, Alberta’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, issued his comments today on the release of the Final Report of the…
Commissioner Releases Investigation Report Regarding a Complaint About Disclosure of Customer Information Among the Melrose Rural Electrification Association, ATCO Electric and Direct Energy Marketing Limited
Investigation Report P2004-IR-02 (PDF) Frank Work, Information and Privacy Commissioner, received a privacy complaint concerning the above named organizations. The…
Letter: Outsourcing and the USA PATRIOT Act
Open Letter from the Commissioner on Outsourcing and the USA PATRIOT Act (PDF) There is currently a great deal of…
Commissioner Releases Investigation Report Regarding Privacy Complaints Against EPCOR
Investigation Report P2004-IR-01 (PDF) Frank Work, Information and Privacy Commissioner, received privacy complaints against EPCOR, an electric utility company. The…
OIPC Clarifies When Health Service Providers Can Disclose Patients’ Health Information
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) wants to make sure that health service providers in Alberta are…
Commissioner Concludes Investigation on Privacy Complaint Against a School District
Investigation Report F2004-IR-02 (PDF) Frank Work, Information and Privacy Commissioner, received a complaint that the Conseil scolaire catholique et francophone…
Commissioner Releases Investigation Report Regarding Privacy Complaint Against the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Investigation Report F2004-IR-01 (PDF) Frank Work, Information and Privacy Commissioner, received a privacy complaint against NAIT. The Complainant said NAIT…
New PIPA Legislation Explained at Access and Privacy Conference
The new Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) affects minimum requirements for collection, use, and disclosure of citizens’ personal information by…
Commissioner Accepts Facial Recognition Software Privacy Impact Assessment
Information and Privacy Commissioner Frank Work has accepted the facial recognition software (FRS) privacy impact assessment (PIA) submitted by Alberta…