Privacy commissioners from Ontario and British Columbia released a report in June 2020, which found that LifeLabs failed to take reasonable steps to protect clients' data and collected more personal health information than necessary following a 2019 hacking incident that compromised millions of Canadians' health data.
British ColumbiaA statement from the privacy commissioners of both Ontario and British Columbia says their joint report, completed in June 2020, found that LifeLabs "failed to take reasonable steps" to protect clients' data while collecting more personal health information than was "reasonably necessary."
A statement from the privacy commissioners of both Ontario and British Columbia says their joint report, completed in June 2020, found that LifeLabs "failed to take reasonable steps" to protect clients' data while collecting more personal health information than was "reasonably necessary." LifeLabs had cited litigation and solicitor-client privilege to prevent the document's publication, but this was opposed by the commissioners' offices.
"LifeLabs' failure to put in place adequate safeguards to protect against this attack violated patients' trust and the risk it exposed them to was unacceptable," Harvey says. "When this happens, it is important to learn from past mistakes so others can prevent future breaches from happening.
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