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City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service accessed coronavirus database more than 1,000 times
City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service is being asked to explain why it accessed Ontario’s coronavirus patient database more than 1,000 times, according to a group of human rights organizations.Earlier this month, the province of Ontario ended police access to data about Ontarians who had tested positive for COVID-19 — a provision that was permitted in April when the government passed an emergency order under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA).However a group of human rights organizations — the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Aboriginal Legal Services, the Black Legal Action Centre, and HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario — launched a lawsuit challenging the decision to release personal health information and that it