CBC News reports the Northwest Territories Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office has yet to divulge details on how more than 130 confidential medical records that were found at a Fort Simpson dump made it there. When asked for an update on the final report, Information and Privacy Commissioner Elaine Keenan Bengts said her office is struggling with managing numerous privacy breaches and won’t be able to write the report for several months. The records that were discovered contain medical information, such as mental health information, drug use history, applications to addiction treatment facilities, progress reports from those facilities, and detailed notes from counseling sessions. The documents also contain personal information, including social insurance, treaty and health card numbers.
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