Data breach may have exposed 200000 homecare patients information say Ontario Liberals

peconfigsaAriaclosedTextppOntarios privacy commissioner and Ontario Health are investigating a reported data breach affecting Ontario Health atHome the provinces homecare coordination serviceppThe incident may have exposed personal health information for at least 200000 homecare patients the Ontario Liberals alleged in a news release Friday morningppThe breach occurred on or around March 17 of this year but was not made public the Liberals sayppIf exposed this data can lead to identity theft insurance fraud discrimination stigmatization phishing and blackmail the news release readppSpeaking at an unrelated news conference on Friday Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones said the incident involved a thirdparty vendorppShe said Ontario Health and Ontario Health AtHome are investigating the situation and will notify individual patients as neededppMinistry spokesperson Ema Popovic later told CBC Toronto that Ontario Health atHome has been directed to take steps to ensure this never happens againppOur government expects all service providers to uphold the highest standards of patient care security and confidence This includes taking immediate steps to identify when there has been a cyber breach and to notify the Ministry of Health immediately Popovic said in an emailppThe fact that this process was not followed is unacceptableppPremier Doug Ford said the threemonth delay in making the incident public will be part of the investigationppWell find out where the gap is and why it wasnt brought to our attention a lot earlier he saidppLiberal MPP Dr Adil Shamji an emergency room physician who represents Don Valley East said he first sent a letter to the Information and Privacy Commissioner IPC on June 20 asking whether the incident was being investigatedppHe said he did not receive a response and wrote a second letter to the IPC formally requesting an investigation on FridayppThe IPC is an independent office that oversees Ontarios access and privacy laws It also investigates privacy complaints related to personal informationppWATCH Ontario Health atHome supply shortage left some patients without critical care ppCommissioner Patricia Kosseim responded to Shamji in a letter Friday confirming the IPC had received a report about the incidentppThis matter is currently under review by our office she wrote in the letterppKosseim said the IPC cannot provide further details as the office is in the initial stages of reviewing the reportppOntario Health atHome notified the commissioners office about the breach on May 30 the office said in an emailppUnder Ontario legislation health information custodians are required to report certain breaches to the office and notify people if their personal health information is stolen lost or used or disclosed without authority the email saidppIn an email a spokesperson for Ontario Health atHome did not confirm how many people may have been affected by the breach but said they are notifying those impacted as quickly as possibleppThroughout this process we remain focused on ensuring patients continue to receive the medical supplies and equipment they need while mitigating any further privacy and security risks the email readppIn his letter Friday to Kosseim Shamji said that nearly onethird of all homecare patients in the province had their data compromisedppI feel compelled to followup because I am worried that Ontario Health atHomes failure to act on this issue represents a clear and present risk to patients he wrote in the letterppThe news release from the Ontario Liberals said people affected by data breaches should be notified as soon as reasonably possible typically within days to a few weeksppShamji is demanding the immediate notification of impacted individuals and an explanation from Premier Ford for three and a half months of inaction the release readsppThis violation of personal health information adds to a growing list of Ontario Health atHome failures including provincewide medication shortages depleted supplies of vital home care equipment and unacceptable delays in care it saidppThe reported data breach comes after Ontario Health atHomes CEO was fired in January following persistent supply problems in the sectorppIn September the company launched new supply contracts for the delivery of medical items but the move left some patients  including people in palliative care without critical suppliesppOh yeah Thats your seat He reeked of beer and a jagged vein bulged from his left temple Why are you so specialppI went to Italy for 15 days ate like a fat American on vacation every single day and still lost 17 poundsppThis Yitty swimsuit makes me want a hot dog real bad Lizzo said touting her shapewear brand while channeling Jennifer CoolidgeppI would think given the scale of the economic opportunity the resources we have the expertise we have that it is highly highly likely that we will have an oil pipeline that is a proposal for one of these projects of national interest 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