Photocopiers and Fax Machines Latest Security Risk
The newer generation of office equipment such as digital photocopiers and fax machines can pose a security risk for organizations.…
Investigations Find Alberta Businesses Failed to Protect Personal Information from Identity Thieves
Investigation Report P2005-IR-01 (PDF) Investigation Report P2005-IR-02 (PDF) Investigation Report P2005-IR-03 (PDF) Recent investigations by the Office of the Information…
Joint Investigation Confirms Breaches of Provincial/Federal Legislation
Investigation Report H2004-IR-01 (PDF) For the first time, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta (OIPC) and…
Commissioner Releases Report into Disclosure of Credit Information
Investigation Report F2004-IR-03 (PDF) The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, after receiving written confirmation on acceptance of its…
Alberta’s Information and Privacy Commissioner Undertakes Review of Public Sector Outsourcing
Information and Privacy Commissioner Frank Work announced that his office will be working jointly with the Government of Alberta to…
Commissioner Investigates Businesses for Unauthorized Disclosures of Personal Information
Information and Privacy Commissioner Frank Work today announced he will investigate how thousands of customers’ records wound up in an…
Commissioner Cracks Down on Businesses Whose Practices Assist Identity Thieves
Following an Edmonton Police Service investigation where two people were charged in a credit check investigation the Office of the…
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…