Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA): “Most of us believe that our medical and other health information is private and should be protected, and we want to know who has this information. The Privacy Rule, a USA Federal law, gives you rights over your health information and sets rules and limits on who can look at and receive your health information. The Privacy Rule applies to all forms of individuals' protected health information, whether electronic, written, or oral. The Security Rule is a Federal law that requires security for health information in electronic form.” To learn more, please visit this website

Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA): “There are a number of requirements to comply with the law. Organizations covered by PIPEDA must generally obtain an individual's consent when they collect, use or disclose that individual's personal information. People have the right to access their personal information held by an organization. They also have the right to challenge its accuracy. Personal information can only be used for the purposes for which it was collected. If an organization is going to use it for another purpose, they must obtain consent again. Personal information must be protected by appropriate safeguards.” To learn more, please visit this website

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): “This Regulation lays down rules relating to the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and rules relating to the free movement of personal data. This Regulation protects fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons and in particular their right to the protection of personal data. The free movement of personal data within the Union shall be neither restricted nor prohibited for reasons connected with the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data.” To learn more, please visit this website.

Patient-appreciation compliance.