Duty LXD-1103
Processes de-identified data, in Ontario
Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004, limits on use of de-identified informationsince 2 lines
S.O. 2004, c. 3, Sched. A, s. 11.2 · Read the law's page
- This duty binds any person, not only a health information custodian, who holds information that has been de-identified from personal health information.
- Do not use, or attempt to use, de-identified information to identify an individual, alone or combined with other information, unless the Act or another Act permits it. Custodians, prescribed entities, prescribed registry holders and other prescribed persons may re-identify information they de-identified themselves.