Saskatchewan's Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner published a blog post on health care privacy after Catherine, Princess of Wales' health data was allegedly breached. The OIPC noted the importance of the Health Information Protection Act which "prohibits snooping into other's personal health information."
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