Category: privacy breach

Human Error May Have Caused Data Breach Involving More Than 5,500 People in PEI

Prince Edward Island says the personal information belonging to thousands of people may have been part of a privacy breach caused by human error. It says the information of 5,600 clients enrolled in a provincial employment program was inadvertently shared on June 13. The province did not say who had gained access to the personal…


CRA Employees Shared Private Taxpayer Info in Facebook Chat: Federal Records

A number of Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) employees shared private taxpayer information last year in a Facebook Messenger chat group that was not approved for use by the agency, according to newly released federal records. Cabinet in an Inquiry of Ministry tabled in the House of Commons on March 27 said the CRA employees used…