Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Report AH-2026-002 Released

  • Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

October 5, 2026

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has released Report AH-2026-002 under authority of the Personal Health Information Act. A summary of the Report is included below.

To view the Report in its entirety, please go to www.oipc.nl.ca/reports/reports/.

Report: AH-2026-002
Report Date: September 29, 2026
Public Body: Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services
Summary: The Complainant made a request for correction of their personal health information to Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services (NLHS). NLHS refused to grant the request for correction, instead choosing to annotate the record. The Complainant filed a complaint with this Office regarding the custodian’s decision to refuse to correct their personal health information. The Commissioner found the custodian has appropriately refused to correct the record and has fulfilled its statutory obligation to annotate the record with the corrections requested but not made.

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