Our investigations are confidential, but the Commissioner may issue a public report if the matter is formally investigated and of public interest.

Formal investigations are relatively infrequent, and most complaints are resolved using our informal complaint resolution process. While we do not issue reports on complaints resolved informally, examples of this work can be read in Your Stories and in our annual reports. The following reports resulted from formal investigations.

Sectional Index - search our reports and find how our office has interpreted specific sections of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Health Information Privacy and Management Act. 

Date Name Public body/Health custodian Type
Video surveillance in Yukon schools
ATP-ADJ-2022-02-044 Investigation Report
The Information and Privacy Commissioner found that video surveillance technology was being used to collect personal information in seven Yukon schools and that the Department was acting without proper authorization and not adhering to its own video surveillance policy.
 Department of Education adjudication (ATIPPA 2018)
Video surveillance in Yukon schools
ATP-CMP-2022-01-020
This audit examined the use of video surveillance technology in some Yukon schools and whether the personal information collected is adequately protected.
 Department of Education compliance (ATIPPA 2018)
Phyisican leaves Yukon without securing patient records
HIP20-03i
A person made a complaint to the Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) alleging that a breach of the Health Information Privacy and Management Act (HIPMA) had occurred because a physician, Dr. Armando Heredia, left the Yukon without securing a successor custodian for the patient records within his custody or control, the location of which are unknown, and failed to notify anyone of their subsequent location.
 Dr. Armando Heredia consideration (HIPMA 2017)
Annual Report / Rapport annuel
 annual report/rapport annuel
Information obtained by Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) employees
ATP-ADJ-2021-07-081
The Complainant made an access request to the Department for “all written, recorded, and video or audiotaped records, and all records produced by any other method, of information obtained and recorded by SCAN employees...during the period of January to June, 2019".
 Department of Justice adjudication (ATIPPA 2018)
GPS, VHF, or satellite collar relocation data for muskox from 1980 to present (2021)
ATP20-07R
The Complainant requested GPS, VHF, or satellite collar relocation data for muskox from 1980 to present (2021) spanning the herd's entire range, including transboundary data.
 Department of Environment inquiry (ATIPPA 2012)
Materials related to Yukon Government's ATIPP employee training
ATP18-63R
The Applicant made an access request to the Department for “[a]ny training and supplementary materials, including written instructions, copies of presentations, etc., provided to staff in relation to processing/handling of ATIPP requests”.
 Department of Justice inquiry (ATIPPA 2012)
GPS, VHF, and satellite collar relocation data for the caribou/caribou herds in Yukon, including trans-boundary movements
ATP20-60R
In December of 2019, an Applicant made a request to the Department for access to “[a]ll GPS, VHF, and satellite collar relocation data, in entirety, for the caribou/caribou herds in Yukon and including trans-boundary movements into neighbouring jurisdictions” from 1980 to the present (2021).
 Department of Environment inquiry (ATIPPA 2012)
Health Information Privacy and Management Act 2020 Review
The Information and Privacy Commissioner provides her comments and recommendations for changes to the Health Information Privacy and Management Act (HIPMA) as part of the review of HIPMA that began in 2020.
 comments
Annual Report / Rapport annuel
 annual report/rapport annuel