3 March 2010
A study just published examines the leaks of PHI from peer-to-peer file sharing program users in the US and Canada, and compares that to leaks of financial information. The article also examines the ethical issues in collecting personal information from the Internet without consent, and what the considerations should be.

1 March 2010
This one day event on April 6th in Ottawa examines issues around the need and mechanisms for the integration of patient information into a single record, and how to take account of patients' needs while doing so. It is a unique opportunity to understand the patients' perspectives in the efforts to deploy EMRs and EHRs.

12 February 2010
A new article in Healthcare Information Management and Communications describes the privacy risks to patients from inadvertant and deliberate disclosure of health information. Because the frequency and magnitude of these disclosures is expected to increase, the articles calls for more meaningful patient engagement in developing rules on the collection, use, and dislcosure of health information and the incorporation of the principles of Privacy by Design in the development of new systems.

11 January 2010
In conjunction with the Canadian AI Conference, we are organizing a workshop focusing on the theory, development, and application of intelligent methods for protecting the privacy of personal information when disclosed for secondary purposes. This will be held on May 30th 2010 in Ottawa.