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Alberta Health Information Act (HIA)

Last Updated on November 19, 2024

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The Alberta Health Information Act (HIA) is a legal framework designed to protect the privacy and confidentiality of individuals' personal health information in Alberta, Canada.

The HIA, which went into effect on April 25, 2001, regulates the collection, use, and disclosure of health information to protect individuals' privacy and provide appropriate access for healthcare and system management. It empowers individuals with the right to access and correct their health records and establishes stringent guidelines for managing health information, focusing on minimal data collection.

The Act provides clear protocols for managing health data securely, allows for independent reviews of custodians' decisions, provides strong remedies for breaches, ensures independent reviews and complaint resolution regarding custodians' decisions, and enforces penalties for non-compliance, ensuring accountability across Alberta’s health sector. 

The HIA establishes specific guidelines for the secure management of health data, allows independent reviews of custodian decisions, provides robust remedies for contraventions, and imposes non-compliance penalties, ensuring accountability across Alberta's healthcare sector.


The Solution

Securiti enables organizations to comply with the Alberta Health Information Act (HIA) through AI-driven PI data discovery, DSR automation, documented accountability, enhanced visibility into data processing activities, and AI-driven process automation.

Securiti supports enterprises' journey toward compliance with the Alberta Health Information Act (HIA) through automation, enhanced data visibility, and identity linking.

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HIA Provisions

Use our collaborative, multi-regulation, readiness assessment system to measure your organization's posture against HIA requirements, identify gaps, and address compliance risks.

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Auto Compliance Management

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HIA Provisions

Automate compliance with HIA using Securiti common controls and tests.

Privacy Notice Management

Section(s): 22(3)

Automatically update and refresh your privacy policies and notices. Build and publish a privacy notice with pre-built templates, in compliance with the HIA.

Privacy Notice Management
Universal Consent Management

Universal Consent Management

Section(s): 23, 24

Monitor consent for various data processing activities via the central dashboard. Track consent revocation to prevent the processing or transfer of data without consent.

Cookie Consent Management

Section(s): 23, 24

Scan websites to classify cookies, deploy customized consent collection points, and link consent to user identities and personal data categories collected from endpoints.

Cookie Consent Management
Sensitive Data Intelligence

Sensitive Data Intelligence

Section(s): 1

Discover personal data and sensitive data stored across all systems within the organization and link it to unique data subjects. Visualize personal data sprawl and identify compliance risks.

Data Mapping Automation

Section(s): 18-21

Trace data flow across your systems, catalog data collection and transfer, and document business process flows internally and to the processors.

Data Mapping Automation
Data Subject Rights Fulfillments

Data Subject Rights Fulfillments

Section(s):  7-17 

Create customized web forms and accept verified DSR requests. In compliance with the HIA, automate the initiation of the access, correction, deletion, portability, and opt-out request fulfillment workflows.

Data Protection Assessment Automation

Section(s): 64

Initiate Data Protection Assessments (DPAs) using compliance templates, invite stakeholders to contribute and review responses, track progress in real-time, and share approved assessments with third parties.

Data Protection Assessment Automation
Data Breach Management

Data Breach Management

Section(s): 60.1

Track and manage potential incidents and data breaches with automated notification guidance based on global regulatory requirements.

Vendor Assessments

Section(s): 24, 28, 54

You can monitor privacy and security readiness from a single interface for all your service providers. You can also collaborate instantly with processors and manage all processor agreements and compliance documents.

Vendor Assessments
Data Security Posture Management

Data Security Posture Management

Section(s): 60

Discover and auto-remediate security misconfigurations in SaaS and IaaS data systems using a library of rules based on vendor recommendations, industry standards, and best practices.

Key Facts about Alberta Health Information Act (HIA)

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The HIA protects the privacy of individual health information by imposing robust guidelines on health custodians' collection, use, and disclosure.

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Custodians must ensure anonymity wherever possible and collect the least amount of personal health information needed for a lawful purpose.

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Subject to the Act's limited exceptions, individuals have the right to access and request corrections to their own health information.

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The HIA aims to protect patient privacy while enabling appropriate data sharing within the health sector to improve healthcare delivery and health system management.

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The HIA ensures accountability by providing procedures for an independent review of health custodians' decisions, remedies for violations, and penalties for non-compliance.

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