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.
Phyisican leaves Yukon without securing patient records
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.
Information obtained by Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) employees
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".
GPS, VHF, or satellite collar relocation data for muskox from 1980 to present (2021)
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.
Materials related to Yukon Government's ATIPP employee training
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”.
GPS, VHF, and satellite collar relocation data for the caribou/caribou herds in Yukon, including trans-boundary movements
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).
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.
