Commissioner Releases Privacy Breach Notification Statistics April 1 – June 30, 2018

  • Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

July 31, 2018

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Donovan Molloy, has released his Report A-2018-018 under authority of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. A summary of the Report is included below.

In our most recent reporting period (April 1 — June 30, 2018), the OIPC received 59 privacy breach reports under the ATIPPA, 2015 from 20 public bodies. This is down from the 58 reports from 22 public bodies received in the previous reporting period.

Privacy breach reports to the Commissioner are used primarily to allow the OIPC to advise public bodies about the breach response process, to discuss ways to avoid similar breaches and also to target specific issues or public bodies for privacy training.

If any public body would like the OIPC to deliver training regarding privacy breaches, or any other topic relating to access or privacy, contact our Office to arrange a time.

Summary by Public Body
Central Health Integrated Health Authority 1
City of St. John’s 2
College of the North Atlantic 2
Dept. of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour 8
Dept. of Children, Seniors and Social Development 5
Dept. of Human Resource Secretariat 3
Dept. of Justice and Public Safety 4
Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Environment 1
Dept. of Service NL 7
Dept. of Transportation and Works 1
Memorial University of Newfoundland 7
NALCOR 1
Newfoundland and Labrador English School District 4
Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation 3
Newfoundland and Labrador Legal Aid Commission 4
NL Centre for Health Information (NLCHI) 1
Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay 1
Town of Paradise 2
Town of Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s 1
Western Integrated Health Authority 1
Summary by Type
Email 22
Fax 3
In Person 10
Mail Out 14
Other 10

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Media contact
Sean Murray
Director of Research and Quality Assurance
709-729-6309

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