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Police called after Vancouver dispensary patient data breach

Sensitive patient data supplied to a Vancouver cannabis dispensary has been either mishandled or according to the shop owner stolen, a situation again highlighting the cloud of confusion over the regulation of retail pot.

Most people in stereotypically weed friendly Vancouver, it seems, don have a problem with dispensaries. A Nanos poll of Vancouverites last year found only 14 per cent supported banning medical dispensaries.

But the city decision to take the lead in Canada by licensing a still illegal industry has contributed to a regulatory haze where many in Vancouver including cannabis users and non consumers alike, and even those involved in the weed business have expressed confusion about the state of affairs while Canadians await federal legislation expected to legalize non medicinal marijuana next year.

A tipster recently contacted Postmedia to say he found a computer memory card in a Vancouver alley, containing more than 1,000 photos of people taken inside a west side dispensary, as well as digital copies of private medical documents. Postmedia has reviewed the contents of the memory card to confirm its contents, but is not identifying the dispensary, because it was not immediately possible to confirm how the disk was obtained. The tipster who provided the disk said he was unsure if it ended up in the alley due to negligence or criminal act that led to the memory card being stolen or otherwise taken from the dispensary. after Postmedia told the dispensary owner of the data leak, he immediately reported it to the Vancouver Police.

The shop owner said all patient information is stored on a secure, internal system, and only way someone would be able to get this information is stealing it from us. I hope we can get to the bottom of who actually stole it.

Whether a case mini van cleef necklace fake of negligence or theft, it raises questions about the oversight of a multi million dollar business that above the counter in Vancouver, but against the law as far as Ottawa concerned.

The people photos on the disk, which appear to have been taken for membership cards or some similar purpose, show a cross section of hundreds of apparent weed consumers, men and women who appear to range in age from their early 20s through middle age to several senior citizens. Some are dressed casually, while others are in more formal office attire.

The disk also included photos of medical documents, including copies of prescriptions and pill bottle labels for drugs commonly prescribed to treat a range of physical and mental conditions, including painful muscle spasms, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, bowel conditions and heart disorders. Patients name were legible on each of those photos of documents, and some include other identifying information. privacy watchdog and a public warning from Health Canada. In October, Postmedia reported that sensitive patient data had been publicly viewable through the website of an East Van dispensary called the Vancouver Pain Management Society.

Breaches of sensitive information have happened before medical labs, hospitals and government agencies in Canada.

But one thing differentiating dispensary cases is these are businesses to whom customers entrust sensitive data, but instead of being regulated by senior levels of government, Ottawa actively discourage people from trusting them.

So it raises the question of who holds dispensaries accountable if they are negligent with medical data. investigated last year breach. Reached this week, an office spokeswoman said the investigation had closed, but the office not disclose the results of our investigations and therefore cannot comment further. whether the office could issue sanctions or discipline organizations found to be breaching privacy rules, spokeswoman Jane Zatylny said Commissioner can order an organization to stop disclosing the information. it was not clear whether the office could discipline an organization found to be negligent in mishandling private information.

Last year dispensary breach (which, like this week leak, was brought to the attention of Postmedia by a tipster) prompted Health Canada to issue a statement reiterate that all dispensaries selling cannabis are illegal (and) function outside of Health Canada regulatory framework. As such, it would be inappropriate for Health Canada to comment on the record keeping and management practices of these illegal entities. to this week leak, a Health Canada spokesman said last year statement applies. a City of Vancouver spokesman said this week the city position hasn changed since last October statement, which said: on patient data would not fall under the jurisdiction of the city (similar to health clinics and hospitals in the city) and so it is not referred to in our bylaws. it could be argued that the city decision to create a licensing structure for illegal businesses has helped give them a veneer of legitimacy.

The two Vancouver dispensaries involved in the recent data breaches are both working their way through the city licensing program: last year, city hall reportedly issued Vancouver Pain Management Society its development permit (the last stage in the process before the business licence) the month after Postmedia first reported its data breach.

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