Ensuring that your personal information in our custody and control is protected and kept confidential is a top priority for the Ministry. As part of this commitment, Saskatchewan Health utilizes a number of controls to protect your personal information from being accessed by staff who do not have a need to know the information or by unauthorized users. These controls include:

• limiting staff access to your personal information to those people who have a need to use this information to perform their job duties;
• requiring passwords when accessing our electronic applications and databases;
• utilizing firewalls and industry standard encryption methods to prevent unauthorized uses; and
• utilizing a data access review committee before releasing information to researchers.