L'efficacité du régime de responsabilité civile comme mesure de contrainte au respect de l'obligation de sécurité des renseignements personnels.

Dans un contexte où les renseignements personnels sont aujourd’hui une « devise » commerciale importante, il importe de s’attarder à la responsabilité de leur protection. Les lois encadrant la protection des renseignements personnels imposent notamment aux entreprises du secteur privé une obligation de sécurité. Par contre, elles ne prévoient pas de sanction monétaire en cas de violation. Il faut donc se tourner vers le droit de la responsabilité civile afin de contraindre les entreprises à adopter des mesures de sécurité. Or, le régime de responsabilité civile actuel est mal adapté aux obligations associées à la sécurité des renseignements personnels. Le flou normatif entourant le contenu de l’obligation de sécurité et les difficultés d’exercice du recours rendent peu efficace le régime de responsabilité civile compensatoire. Dans un souci d’améliorer son efficacité, deux propositions méritent d’être considérées, soit : la revalorisation des dommages-intérêts punitifs et l’encadrement statutaire d’une obligation de notification des atteintes à la sécurité des renseignements personnels. Ces deux propositions sanctionnent les violations à l’obligation de sécurité là où le régime de responsabilité civile compensatoire semble échouer. Par contre, elles ne sont elles-mêmes efficaces que si leur exercice respecte les fonctions qui leur sont sous-jacentes. Au final, la responsabilité de la sécurité des renseignements personnels ne repose pas seulement sur un régime responsabilité, mais sur une culture de responsabilité.

Notification of the first isolation of Cacipacore virus in a human in the State of Rondônia, Brazil

Flavivirus is a genus of arthropod-transmitted viruses of the family Flaviviridae, and in Brazil, up to eleven different Flavivirus have been isolated. We collected blood from farmers in the municipality of Theobroma, which is located 320km from the City of Porto Velho, the former capital of the Brazilian State of Rondônia. For viral isolation, we used newborn mouse brain, followed by RT-PCR with specific universal Flavivirus primers. We obtained fragments 958bp and 800bp in length. Based on BLAST, these sequences were 91% similar to a sequence of Cacipacore virus.

Notification of a disability or long term health condition (Guidance notes and form) (PDF 133KB)

Provides guidance and advice on notifying a disability/long-term health condition to PMB and on requesting a reasonable adjustment, if you have previously declared a disability/long-term health condition.

Office of Governor Notification Letter, July 1, 2005

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Department of Management Notification Letter, July 1, 2005

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Governor's Office of Drug Control Policy, Notification Letter, July 25, 2005

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Iowa State Prison Industries - Farms, Notification Letter, July 26, 2005

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Board of Regents Notification Letter, July 28, 2005

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Iowa Department of Education, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Notification Letter, April 14th, 2005

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Simple estimation of incident HIV infection rates in notification cohorts based on window periods of algorithms for evaluation of line-immunoassay result patterns.

BACKGROUND: Tests for recent infections (TRIs) are important for HIV surveillance. We have shown that a patient's antibody pattern in a confirmatory line immunoassay (Inno-Lia) also yields information on time since infection. We have published algorithms which, with a certain sensitivity and specificity, distinguish between incident (< = 12 months) and older infection. In order to use these algorithms like other TRIs, i.e., based on their windows, we now determined their window periods. METHODS: We classified Inno-Lia results of 527 treatment-naïve patients with HIV-1 infection < = 12 months according to incidence by 25 algorithms. The time after which all infections were ruled older, i.e. the algorithm's window, was determined by linear regression of the proportion ruled incident in dependence of time since infection. Window-based incident infection rates (IIR) were determined utilizing the relationship 'Prevalence = Incidence x Duration' in four annual cohorts of HIV-1 notifications. Results were compared to performance-based IIR also derived from Inno-Lia results, but utilizing the relationship 'incident = true incident + false incident' and also to the IIR derived from the BED incidence assay. RESULTS: Window periods varied between 45.8 and 130.1 days and correlated well with the algorithms' diagnostic sensitivity (R(2) = 0.962; P<0.0001). Among the 25 algorithms, the mean window-based IIR among the 748 notifications of 2005/06 was 0.457 compared to 0.453 obtained for performance-based IIR with a model not correcting for selection bias. Evaluation of BED results using a window of 153 days yielded an IIR of 0.669. Window-based IIR and performance-based IIR increased by 22.4% and respectively 30.6% in 2008, while 2009 and 2010 showed a return to baseline for both methods. CONCLUSIONS: IIR estimations by window- and performance-based evaluations of Inno-Lia algorithm results were similar and can be used together to assess IIR changes between annual HIV notification cohorts.

The Iowa Public Employee's Retirement System Notification Letter, July 12, 2006

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Iowa Department of Commerce Notification Letter, June 26, 2006

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