Priya Sharma
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Sharma Health Privacy Group
About Priya
Priya Sharma is the principal of Sharma Health Privacy Group in Ottawa, a boutique practice dedicated exclusively to healthcare privacy law in Canada. She advises hospitals, long-term care facilities, family health teams, telehealth platforms, and health technology companies on their obligations under the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA), PIPEDA, and the federal Digital Charter.
Priya has conducted over 60 Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) for Ontario health sector organizations, including assessments for new EMR implementations, cloud migration projects, and AI diagnostic tools. She represents health organizations before the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) in investigations and reviews.
She is a frequent contributor to the Ontario Medical Association's privacy resources and has been appointed as privacy arbitrator in PHIPA disputes between patients and custodians.
Priya is a member of the Law Society of Ontario and holds the CIPP/C and CIPM (Certified Information Privacy Manager) designations from the IAPP.
“Completed a PHIPA PIA for Ontario's largest telehealth platform, clearing the way for launch with zero IPC objections.”
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