Canada Privacy Breaches: More Than A Million Canadians May Have Had Data Compromised

Prompted by a question from NDP MP Charlie Angus, the government was forced to acknowledge this week that at the very least, there were 1,072,999 instances where a Canadian’s private information held by various departments and agencies was lost, stolen or accessed by an unauthorized third party. Click here to read this recent article in the Huffington Post, entitled "Canada's Privacy Breaches: More than a million Canadians may have had data compromised".

Ana GerardinoApril 30, 2013

Canada's Privacy Commissioner wants hefty fines for data breaches

Canada's privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart wants the power to impose "attention-getting fines" when major corporations fail to protect Canadians' personal information. Her statement comes in the wake of massive security breaches first disclosed by Sony, which may have affected more than 100 million user accounts worldwide. Click here to read the complete article from The Globe and Mail, entitled "Canada's Privacy Commissioner wants hefty fines for data breaches".

Ana GerardinoAugust 31, 2012