2026 Legal and regulatory update: What clinicians need to know

Ariane Siegel

Ariane joined OntarioMD as General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer in 2016. She has been recognized internationally for her achievements in privacy and security. She was recently awarded the 2023 Women in IT Award for Canada’s Security Leader of the Year. She has also been recognized by Who’s Who as a global leader in technology law, privacy and data protection. Ariane provides OntarioMD with strategic and legal advice. Her current focus is on technology and legal issues with respect to use of Artificial Intelligence in Primary Care. Through her leadership, OntarioMD provides health system partners with a practical perspective on privacy and security from the lens of community-based physician practices. Ariane developed OntarioMD’s Privacy & Security Training Module for the Ontario health-care sector and a second Module focused on virtual care.

Prior to joining OntarioMD, Ariane supported global corporations with technology law advice as a Partner in Canada’s largest law firm and from her own practice. She worked as a Senior Investigator for the federal Privacy Commissioner, Law Clerk to the Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice and as Constitutional Counsel to the Attorney General of Ontario. Ariane was part of the launch team for Richard Branson’s Virgin Mobile Canada.

Andrew Drummond

Andrew Drummond recently took up the position of Director of Health Policy at the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, where he leads a team of policy advisors who engage in policy consultations and regulatory development. Andrew and his team also work in support of the Commissioner’s strategic priority of “Trust in Digital Health”, which aims to promote public confidence in the digital health care system by guiding custodians to respect the privacy and access rights of Ontarians, and supporting the pioneering use of personal health information for research and analytics to the extent it serves the public good. Previously, Andrew held multiple positions at the Information Management Strategy and Policy Branch of Ontario’s Ministry of Health, where he worked on numerous PHIPA legislative and regulatory reforms. Prior to his time with the Ministry of Health, he held multiple positions at both the University of Toronto and the University of Alberta. Andrew holds a BA (Hons) and MA from the University of Alberta.