The Alberta Dental Association + College (ADA+C) assures the confidentiality of all information collected in the Self-Assessment process in keeping with the Health Professions Act.

The Self-Evaluation Professional Development Program is considered to be a protected, confidential program. No information submitted by individual members can be used as evidence in a case of conduct against that member, nor can an employer subpoena it for any disciplinary action.

The Health Professions Act (HPA) protects individual members from public access to the competency information held by the ADA+C.

"If a college, committee member or other person publishes, releases or discloses information in contravention of this section, that information may not be used in proceedings under any other Part of this Act or in any action, matter or proceedings before a court."

Section 52 (c) (3) Health Professions Amendment Act, 2001

In fact it is clearly stated in the HPA that breaching confidentiality of the competency information is an offense.

"A person who knowingly publishes, releases or discloses information in contravention of section 52 is guilty of an offense and is liable to a fine of not more that $10 000

Section 53 Health Professions Act 1999, p. 41

In addition to legal protection of your personal data described above, ADA+Ccms has other safeguards in place to protect your privacy and confidentiality.

1. Only your name and e-mail address are kept on this site. These are only available to the webmaster and one or two ADA+C College staff.

2. Members can access the various ADA+Ccms components using their unique username and password. They can only see and edit their own data. No other ADA+C member can see your individual data.

3. All passwords are encrytped for additional protection. In the highly unlikely event that someone was able to hack into the site, the passwords would not be compromised.

4. For further protection, only the randomly assigned and anonymous username is captured on the various component databases such as Self-Assessment Form and the Professional Development Plan / Record. The master list of usenames is kept strictly confidential.

For more information about confidentiality and privacy related to the ADA+C Continuing Competence / Professional Development Program, please contact the College.