Data Privacy Day 2026 Resources For You!
Data Privacy Day 2026 Resources for You!
Data Privacy Day is an internationally recognized day dedicated to creating awareness about the importance of privacy and protecting personal information.
That means a lot to me and I think it means a lot to you, too. I think it is important that we give our patients and clients the gift of privacy. And that we have the right tools and resources for our employees to make good privacy and security decisions in our businesses.
Information Managers Ltd. is a Data Privacy Champion!
As a DPD Champion, Information Managers recognizes and supports the principle that organizations, businesses, and government all share the responsibility to be conscientious stewards of data by respecting privacy, safeguarding data, and enabling trust.
Each of us is responsible to manage our name and our identity. When you share your personal information, you have the right and responsibility to ask the person or business why they need the information and how they will protect your personal information.
Data Privacy Day Resources
5 Steps To Prevent Employee Snooping
SAY NO TO SNOOPING!
If an individual affiliate knowingly breaches the privacy and security of health information, and the custodian can demonstrate that reasonable safeguards (including privacy awareness training) were in place, the individual affiliate can be charged under the Health Information Act. Fines of up to $50,000 may be applied to the individual, in addition to other sanctions from their employers and/or their professional regulatory colleges where applicable (HIA s.107).
What Is Snooping?
Looking at someone’s personal information without having an authorized purpose to access that information to do your job is known as ‘snooping’.
Even when you are “just looking” at personal information but don’t share that information with anyone else, this is still a privacy breach.
It is illegal.
Snooping incidents are on the rise and can cost you time, money, heartache, and headache in your practice.
When there is an offence under the privacy legislation like the Health Information Act, there may be an investigation, charges and court appearances, fines, penalties, and loss of employment.
Snooping is entirely preventable.
How Can You Prevent Employee Snooping?
Let’s take a look at the pro-active steps that you can take today to prevent employee snooping.
Download the Practice Management Success Tip 5 Steps to Prevent Employee Snooping
The Practice Management Success Tip, 5 Steps to Prevent Employee Snooping, will help you
- Take 5 practical steps to prevent employee snooping.
- Provide clarity about what is considered a privacy breach.
- Contribute to the health information privacy compliance in your healthcare practice.
Get 5 Steps to Prevent Employee Snooping HERE!
Protect Your Organization and Your Patients With a Privacy Awareness Quiz
Equip your staff with the information they need to confidently and correctly handle personal health information.
Healthcare businesses need privacy awareness training to support key policies and procedures, and risk management programs need a privacy awareness training program.
Reasonable Safeguards
As an employer and healthcare provider, you are responsible to provide training to all of your employees about privacy awareness.
If you don’t provide the training, or if the employees don’t understand the policies and there is a privacy breach, then the healthcare provider is more likely to be held accountable under the legislation and face penalties, including fines and even prison!
Patients value the privacy and security of their information.
Healthcare providers and clinic managers value privacy and security, and they value not having adverse results as a lack of compliance or patient safety issues.
If patients don’t feel that the healthcare provider will keep their information confidential and secure, patients may choose not to share their information, which may impact their healthcare and treatment.
When we are privacy aware, we can better respond to patients’ questions and build their trust in the quality of services that we provide.