Under the
Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA), health information custodians in Ontario are required to report statistics relating to health privacy breaches annually to the
Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario's (IPC) office. How do occupational therapists know if they are a health information custodian? The IPC has a useful resource:
Frequently Asked Questions - PHIPA.
By law, health information custodians that have experienced at least one health privacy breach during the 2019 reporting year—from January to December—are required to report breaches through the
IPC’s online submission website.
A privacy breach occurs when Ontario's
Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) has been contravened, for example, where personal health information is stolen, lost or if it is used or disclosed without authority.
The deadline for reporting is
Friday, February 28, 2020.
If you have any questions, you can visit the IPC website:
ipc.on.ca/access-organizations/annual-statistical-reporting and review the following resources: