Recycling Poses Information Security Risk
Summary
While there are numerous recyclers in the market interested in recovering value from discarded computer equipment, few of these companies are concerned with the secure destruction of the information stored on that equipment.” As the Toronto health clinic and its paper disposal provider discovered, this is bad for business in more ways than one.Upon investigation, both organizations were deemed to have violated Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA), prompting Ontario Privacy Commissioner Dr. Ann Cavoukian to issue the first order under the new law.In a widely publicized incident, the clinic’s private health records were literally blowing in the wind on a downtown Toronto street being used for a movie set.While there are numerous recyclers in the market interested in recovering value from discarded computer equipment, few of these companies are concerned with the secure destruction of the information stored on that equipment.”As the Toronto health clinic and its paper disposal provider discovered, this is bad for business in more ways than one.Upon investigation, both organizations were deemed to have violated Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA), prompting Ontario Privacy Commissioner Dr. Ann Cavoukian to issue the first order under the new law.Mr.