Legal Updates & Insights
on Health Privacy Law.
Welcome to Health Privacy Law
Keeping you up to speed with legal updates and insights in the rapidly evolving field of health privacy.
Welcome to Health Privacy Law (HPL) keeping you informed about critical legal shifts, fostering discussion, and serving as a hub for knowledge-sharing in the complex and dynamic field of health privacy.
Tory and contributors to HPL provide insights into legislative changes, regulatory updates, developments in case law, and perspectives on emerging issues shaping health privacy law.
The legal commentaries and insights here supplement the comprehensive review found in the Alberta Annotated Health Information Act (LexisNexis, forthcoming). Stay tuned for the publication of this first edition resource on Alberta’s health privacy legislation.
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About the Author
Tory Hibbitt
Tory is a Calgary-based lawyer specialized in health and privacy law, with a multi-jurisdictional practice that involves representing health authorities, hospitals, healthcare professionals and other health industry clients. Her advocacy work spans medical negligence claims, professional regulatory matters, and a range of commercial disputes. When she is not representing clients in disputes, she is advising her clients on how to avoid them — through regulatory compliance, risk management, and security breach response.
Tory is a Certified Information Privacy Professional and holds a Master of Laws in Medical Law and Ethics (with distinction). With her background in philosophy and enthusiasm for bioethics, she is particularly interested in emerging issues at the intersection of privacy, technology, and health care. Tory strives to advance the field of health privacy by making complex legal topics accessible across industry stakeholders. Outside of her legal practice, Tory enjoys sharing legal knowledge and discussing legal topics through writing, speaking, teaching and mentoring.
For more information on Tory’s legal practice, see her professional bio here or connect with her on LinkedIn.
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Land Acknowledgment
The author acknowledges that work shared on this website takes place on the traditional and ancestral lands of Indigenous Peoples who have lived, cared for, and governed these territories since time immemorial. Alberta is home to Treaty 6, Treaty 7, and Treaty 8 lands, the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Cree, Dene, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux, Stoney Nakoda, and the Tsuut’ina Nation, as well as the Métis Nation of Alberta and part of the historic Homeland of the Métis.
In discussions about health privacy law, the author recognizes the importance of Indigenous knowledge, perspectives, and data sovereignty in shaping equitable health systems. The author is committed to learning, listening, and working toward a future that respects Indigenous rights in health care. May we continue to walk with humility, respect, and in peace with all our relations.