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myLaminin Perspectives


A Beginner's Guide to PHIPA and Privacy Regulations
Managing personal health information in Ontario means complying with PHIPA—one of Canada’s strongest health privacy laws. From consent management to secure access and audit trails, PHIPA sets clear rules for custodians and their partners. This beginner’s guide breaks down who’s covered, what’s required, and how platforms like myLaminin can help meet over 80% of PHIPA’s requirements—making privacy compliance easier for healthcare and research teams alike.

Ash Bassili
Jul 75 min read


Understanding the Core of PIPEDA Compliance: What Research Teams Need to Know
PIPEDA is Canada’s key privacy law, regulating how organizations handle personal data. Compliance ensures legal protection and builds customer trust. Based on ten core principles—like consent, accountability, and transparency—PIPEDA requires strong privacy policies, employee training, and ongoing audits. This article explores how to meet these requirements, overcome common challenges, and go beyond compliance to promote ethical data practices and long-term trust.

Ash Bassili
Jul 34 min read


Research Security Reimagined - A Better Way to Address Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Ethics Across Disciplines
Today’s research landscape is increasingly complex, requiring a flexible, integrated approach to cybersecurity, privacy, and ethics. myLaminin proposes a modern Research Security Office (RSO) framework with core protections—cybersecurity, data privacy, ethics, export controls, and research integrity—plus modular, discipline-specific components. This proactive model supports secure, ethical, and collaborative research across diverse domains.

Ash Bassili
May 75 min read


Cybersecurity vs. Privacy in Research Institutions: Finding the Balance
Higher education institutions struggle with balancing cybersecurity and data privacy, two distinct yet linked pillars of the digital age.

Ash Bassili
Mar 263 min read


Simplifying Research Data Management
myLaminin, the most complete, integrated, and secure Research Data Management (RDM) platform on the market.

Ash Bassili
Mar 113 min read


Research is so hard to do well
How well is research being managed?
University environments have become 'soft targets' for malicious actors with IP theft intent.

Ash Bassili
Mar 2, 20233 min read


Tipping Point for Enterprise Blockchain Adoption
Bitcoin ushered in the adoption of Blockchain in the Finance sector and kicked off the DeFi frenzy. Other sectors such as logistics and...

Ash Bassili
Apr 10, 20215 min read
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