Legal challenge launched against Alberta government over changes to supervised consumption sites
edmontonsun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from edmontonsun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Legal challenge launched against Alberta government over changes to supervised consumption sites
edmontonjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from edmontonjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Reports reveal Telus Health ignored Alberta s privacy laws when it launched its Babylon app
cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Article content
In a report released Thursday, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) said the collection and use of Albertans’ government-issued IDs and selfie photos through the Babylon app for identity verification and fraud prevention was not compliant with Alberta’s Health Information Act (HIA) and the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA).
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.
Try refreshing your browser, or Alberta s privacy commissioner finds Babylon health app not compliant with privacy laws Back to video
Commissioner Jill Clayton’s office began the investigation in April 2020, one month after the government announced the app was available to download. At the time, doctors, and the opposition NDP, raised concerns that it could put patients’ privacy at risk.