De-Identifying Health Information in Canada

Learn about de-identification of health information in the context of Canadian health information privacy laws, including the application of the legislation by province. Understand Canada’s data minimization obligations and how privacy regulators and Canadian courts interpret identifiability. Review relevant case law examples and gain insight into how practitioners assess whether use and disclosure of individually identifying information may be reasonably foreseeable. Finally, review individual consent requirements by province necessary to de-identify data.

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