Medical privacy disclosure

[The Brantford Boomer]

YOU BETTER GET USED TO IT. 10 MORE YEARS!

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[Canoehead]

Looks like this wording has changed.

What happens if you don’t want to provide your personal information?

Old form:

If you do not provide your personal information, the Civil Aviation Medicine Branch will suspend assessment of your medical certificate and/or application, with no entitlement for a refund.

New form:

If you do not provide your personal information, the Civil Aviation Medicine Branch may suspend assessment of your medical certificate and/or application, with no entitlement for a refund.

[I WAS Birddog]

Looks like this wording has changed.

What happens if you don’t want to provide your personal information?

Old form:

If you do not provide your personal information, the Civil Aviation Medicine Branch will suspend assessment of your medical certificate and/or application, with no entitlement for a refund.

New form:

If you do not provide your personal information, the Civil Aviation Medicine Branch may suspend assessment of your medical certificate and/or application, with no entitlement for a refund.

Is this accurate? Can members confirm?

This is an all too important topic to let fade away.

safe travels everyone. Keep talking.

iWbd

[Dry Guy]

I don't think may suspend is any better. I have no doubt the fact that it's taking years for TC to process Medicals has resulted in pilots withholding medical issues so they don't lose their livelihoods while waiting for a response.

[Canoehead]

Is this accurate? Can members confirm?

This is an all too important topic to let fade away.

safe travels everyone. Keep talking.

iWbd

https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Corp-Serv-Gen/ ... 0886_BO_PX

This should link to the new form.

"Will" made it impossible for them potentially with hundreds or thousands of professional pilot medicals pulled (Execs said no dice to TC) vs "may" gives them something to hang over heads (individual pilots now face the pressure alone).

[Dry Guy]

ALPA seems pretty proud of themselves for getting that May.

[Me262]

Which makes no difference in getting your medical pulled because you refuse to sign on the dotted line. At least they can't freeze your bank accounts, although they will be empty anyway.

[Canoehead]

Update:

Notice to CARAC members,

Transport Canada (TC) is re-issuing a simplified Privacy Notice and separate Regulatory Offence Notice. These documents will replace the recently issued Privacy Notice and Declaration (26-0886E/F, V2).

Privacy Notice: https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Corp-Serv-Gen/ ... 0886_BO_PX

Regulatory Offence Notice: https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Corp-Serv-Gen/ ... 0889_BO_PX

TC is returning to the previous practice of having Civil Aviation Medical Examiners provide these notices to applicants prior to starting the aviation medical examination, but with no requirement for signature by the applicants. TC has removed the elements of the previous Privacy Notice and Declaration that caused confusion and concern.

Any applicant or medical certificate holder who signed a previous version of the Privacy Notice and Declaration, as of 9 December 2025, will not be affected, nor is any further action needed on their part. Any new applicants who submitted an application for medical certification but did not sign the Privacy Notice and Declaration as of 9 December 2025, will be contacted individually to confirm whether they wish to proceed with their application.

Throughout this process, there have been no changes to the Minister’s authority to collect information or applicant obligations to provide information for aviation medical certification. It is still necessary for applicants to read and understand the privacy notice to proceed with the medical certification process.

Thank you for your patience as we implement this process update.

Sincerely,

Canadian Aviation Regulation Advisory Council
Transport Canada / Government of Canada

[digits_]

Seems like a big change? No need to give them access to all your info, only states that the info you do provide them can be shared amonst themselves?

Or am I misunderstanding the statement?

[taro]

What if you signed it after December 9, 2025?

Does TC still get to scroll through your file looking for things you didn't even talk to the CAME about?

[Dry Guy]

They probably already did before the ink was dry on your signature.

[oldnbold]

Dozens of health-care workers caught 'snooping' into Lapu-Lapu Day victims' medical records: report

There were 71 incidents of snooping, according to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -9.7096878