Privacy watchdog drops case against Toronto police over attempted suicide info
TORONTO — Ontario’s privacy commissioner is no longer taking legal action against Toronto police over the sharing of attempted suicide-related information with U.S. border services.
The Information and Privacy Commissioner’s office says it has withdrawn its case because the force has developed new procedures to better protect people’s privacy.
It says the new measures restrict the disclosure of attempted suicide-related information to American border services through an RCMP database, while allowing “time-limited” public safety disclosures to police in Canada.
The measures also provide affected individuals with a right to seek early removal of their information from the Canadian Police Information Centre database.