Pandemics and the Politics of Privacy

Today I'm reading an interactive document called "Privacy, Access to Information and You: The COVID-19 Edition" by Brenda McPhail, Cara Zwibel and Jiangyang (JY) Hoh. It's a very readable, well-organized, up-to-date and at times disturbing overview of the current situation. As well as printing off a point-in-time copy, I'm keeping one on my computer and will be scanning it regularly for the latest updates. I particular like its interactive links to the relevant privacy legislation in all the Canadian jurisdictions, as well as to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner's tool to help you determine which law relating to health information applies to you and which office you can approach with questions or complaints.

You can access it here (may take a while to load):

https://ccla.org/cclanewsite/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Privacy-Access-to-Information-and-You_-The-COVID-19-Edition.pdf

I would consider it required reading for all concerned citizens trying to sort out the ins and outs of privacy of health information in the age of Covid!