Alberta's privacy watchdog is raising concerns about the government's plan to add health-care numbers to driver's licences and other forms of identification.

Information and privacy commissioner Diane McLeod said it would increase the risk of fraud as the numbers could be obtained outside of health-care settings.

"Personal health numbers of Canadians are a sought-after commodity on the dark web due to our publicly funded health-care system," McLeod wrote in a letter to government, published Monday.

"Use of someone's [personal health number] to access medical care could result in the wrong health information appearing in their record, which could cause them harm."

The government announced the move last month, saying it would make it more convenient for Albertans to access health care as

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