Medical clinic collects too much personal info through surveillance: B.C. audit
VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s privacy office is calling on a medical clinic to immediately stop collecting video and audio of patients, employees and contractors because it is not legally authorized to do so.
Acting privacy commissioner Drew McArthur said an audit of the clinic in the Lower Mainland was the first of a private business in B.C. and began after a complaint was filed.
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner published its finding Thursday in a report detailing an examination of the clinic’s privacy management program and video and audio surveillance in its lobby, hallways, back exits and fitness room.
McArthur said the doctor who owns the clinic told auditors that eight video cameras were installed to deter crime, but there was no evidence to suggest such a concern existed and the clinic had no signage about its surveillance equipment.