Saskatchewan privacy commissioner dumpster dives to recover medical files

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By Jennifer Graham
The Canadian Press
03/24/2011

REGINA - Dumpster diving isn't something Saskatchewan's privacy 
commissioner makes a habit of, but this time Gary Dickson says he was left 
with little choice.

Dickson and two assistants had to wade through a massive recycling 
dumpster this week to recover medical files. They sorted through paper 
more than 1 1/2 metres deep after getting a tip directing them to the 
container behind the Golden Mile Shopping Centre in Regina.

"People would have every right to be concerned, to think that their most 
personal information is in a large recycling bin for anybody (to read)," 
Dickson said Thursday.

"In this case, you could stick your hand in through one of the small 
windows and pull out a file and look at your neighbour's hysterectomy 
report or whatever.

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