ABSTRACT
On October 1, 2005, confidential health records originating from the Toronto Clinic dating back to 1992
were purposefully blown and scattered about the streets of Toronto, Ontario. The Clinic had given the
Paper Disposal Company, which provided their shredding services, boxes containing health records.
Reportedly due to a misunderstanding, the records were then given to a recycling company that
subsequently sold the intact records to a film company that then used the records as props for a film
about the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
On October 31, 2005, Ontario’s privacy commissioner found both the clinic and disposal company at
fault and liable.
