Canada: Court affirms that prisoner health information must be treated as private and personal.
On 8 April 2003, the Federal Court of Canada - Trial Division ruled that Correctional Services Canada (CSC) does not have a duty to warn an inmate of the potential violence or health hazards posed by a cellmate in the absence of clear and foreseeable danger.
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D002170:Canada; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017007:Duty to Warn; D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D011329:Prisoners