Times Colonist reports that following a year’s investigation into privacy breaches, the BC government has restored contracts and funding for researchers at the University of Victoria (UVic) and the University of British Columbia (UBC). UBC’s Therapeutics Initiative and a UVic group studying Alzheimer’s “lost access to health data and money in September 2012 as the Health Ministry investigated a privacy breach in its pharmaceutical services division,” the report states, noting the ministry has said improved data privacy and security has allowed the restoration of funds and data access. Health Minister Terry Lake indicated that “it was unfortunate a year of research was lost, but security and privacy of data were paramount,” the report states.
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