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Author: Chris Hannay
Publication Date: November 19, 2025 - 12:19
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AI bot recorded doctors’ meeting, sent patient info to current and former hospital staff, watchdog says
November 19, 2025
An AI bot listened in on a meeting of physicians at an Ontario hospital and sent details about the patients they discussed to dozens of current and former hospital employees, some of whom should not have had access to the information, according to the province’s privacy watchdog.
Details of the privacy breach are included in a letter that the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario’s office sent to the hospital on Oct. 27. The letter was subsequently released publicly without the hospital’s name.
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