A Windsor doctor is being fined after a privacy investigation confirmed that he had inappropriately accessed patient health information to offer circumcisions at his private clinic.

An investigation by Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) was launched against Dr. Omar Afandi in March after Windsor Regional Hospital found out he was searching health records for newborn baby boys through a system shared by several southwestern Ontario hospitals. After looking up this information, Afandi then contacted parents to offer circumcision services through a clinic he partially owns, WE-Kidz Pediatrics.

In a decision published Wednesday , the IPC commissioner fined Afandi $5,000 and WE-Kidz Pediatrics $7,500 for violating parts of the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PH

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