Affiliate – means Dental Corporation of Canada Inc. and/or an affiliate or agent thereof, which provides institutional health care services, including dental laboratory, radiological and other diagnostic services, and the operation of dental operatories and dental equipment
Collection – The act of gathering, acquiring or obtaining personal information from any source, including third party sources by any means.
College – Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario
Commercial Electronic Message or CEM – is a message sent directly to an electronic address (such as an email address, a phone number, an instant messaging account, or social media account) with the purpose, or one of its purposes, of encouraging participation in a commercial activity.
Commissioner – The Information and Privacy Commissioner for the Province of Ontario
Consent – A voluntary agreement with what is being done or is being proposed to be done. Consent can either be express or implied. Express consent may be given explicitly, either orally or in writing
Disclosure – Making Personal Information available to other health information custodians or other persons
Health Information Custodians – Means a person or organization described in PHIPA that has custody or control of Personal Information
Privacy Laws – The Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA), Schedules attached, Dentistry Act, 1991, Regulations made under these Acts, and By-laws of the College, the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 (PHIPA), the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), An Act to promote the efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian economy by regulating certain activities that discourage reliance on electronic means of carrying out commercial activities, and to amend the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act, the Competition Act, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Telecommunications Act (CASL)
Member – A member of the College and includes a health profession corporation holding a valid Certificate of Authorization issued by the College
Office – Daas Family & Cosmetic Dentistry which provides professional dental services comprising of diagnosis, the interpretation of x-ray radiographs produced by the Affiliate, treatment planning and intra-oral professional services at 183 College St Toronto, Ontario M5T 1P7.
Patient – An individual about whom our Office collects Personal Information in order to carry out prognosis, diagnosis, and treatment, including controlled acts
Personal Health Information – Identifying information about an individual in oral or recorded form, if the information relates to the physical or mental health of the individual, the provisions of health care to the individual, a plan of service, payment or eligibility for health care, donation by the individual or any body part or bodily substance of the individual or is derived from the testing or examination of any such body part or bodily substance, or is the individual’s health care number or identifies an individual’s substitute decision maker. Included in the definition of Personal Health Information is personal information such as your name, date of birth, address, health history, or records of referral, when collected and retained in connection with the provision of health services
Personal Information – Identifying information about an individual, other than business contact information, and includes Personal Health Information
Privacy Officer – means the contact person designated in this Privacy and Anti-Spam Code as the agent of our Office authorized on our behalf to, among other things, facilitate our compliance with the Privacy Laws
RHPA Procedural Code – The Health Professions Procedural Code, Schedule 2 to the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA)
Service Providers – means dentists and dental professional corporations providing professional services at Daas Family & Cosmetic Dentistry