A privacy breach occurs when there is unauthorized and/or inappropriate access, collection, use, disclosure or disposal of personal information or personal health information.
The most common privacy breaches occur when personal information and/or personal health information of clients or employees is stolen, lost or mistakenly disclosed (shared).
Examples of privacy breaches are:
A document containing information about you is sent to the wrong fax machine, office or mailing address.
Unauthorized and/or inappropriate access occurs where by an individual who is not involved in your treatment or health care, accesses your information
If you have a concern or question about your privacy at Labrador-Grenfell Health please contact the Privacy department at privacy@lghealth.ca.