[jeromegv]

Nope, the fact that the police was checking the database has nothing to do with the performance of Thunder Bay against COVID 19, their performance is pretty in line with any remote smaller cities across Canada. In fact they tried to know why they were using it so much, and they refuse to answer. It's the lack of accountability that is the problem. May be there was a real reason for them to use it (10x more than any other city???!), but since they refuse to tell people, anyone can guess.

[bobbyT314]

Absolutely. It would be interesting to know what information was in this database. It doesn't make sense that it was just a list of people. Did it include known connections? Other medical information? Travel history? And why/how was it being used?

[arcticbull]

Ok so they have a list of people with COVID. So what?

[qtplatypus]

The accessed names, addresses and medical status. These are all PII and medical information has even higher level of privacy. You want people to use medical services in confidential, it is safer for everyone that if someone suspects that they have an infectious disease that they have the appropriate medical help.

This is why Drs records and the like are very difficult for people to get, even law enforcement.

[arcticbull]

I get that they shouldn’t have had access to this information. I just can’t for the life of me figure out what harm they could have done with it.

I suspect 150 queries a day is some script, maybe for a dashboard.

[jonny_eh]

Ok, so they flagrantly violated the civil rights of thousands of citizens they've sworn to protect. So what?

[arcticbull]

No I get they shouldn’t have had access to the data, I’m just at a loss as to what harm they could have done with it. I haven’t heard even so much as a theory truth be told.

[jonny_eh]

What harm is there in your neighbor watching you take a shower?