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What led to massive Nova Scotia privacy breach
November 14, 2018 THE CANADIAN PRESSHALIFAX – An investigation by Nova Scotia’s privacy commissioner says health officials have been caught “snooping” on personal health records, something she says is a serious invasion of privacy and a prosecutable offence. In an annual report released Wednesday, commissioner…
Uber hack raises disclosure concerns, calls for stronger data protection
November 23, 2017 Ian Bickis - THE CANADIAN PRESSThe theft of details on millions of Uber customers, and the company’s efforts to cover up the breach, have raised alarms among privacy experts and renewed calls for better data protection laws in Canada. Uber admitted Tuesday that hackers stole…
Federal privacy commissioner asks Equifax for information on affected Canadians
September 13, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) announced on Tuesday that it has “advised Equifax to provide information to affected Canadians as soon as possible” following last week’s data breach that affected an estimated 143 million people in…
Cyber security a ‘key aspect’ of risk management for medical professional liability insurers: A.M. Best
May 11, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterMedical professional liability insurers who retain cyber risk need to limit their exposure “through strong policy language,” A.M. Best Company Inc. warned in a report released Wednesday. The ability to “identify emerging risks in areas such as cyber security,” is,…
CSIS saw ‘no high privacy risks’ with metadata crunching now under fire: docs
February 27, 2017 Jim Bronskill - THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA – The national spy service saw little risk to the personal privacy of Canadians in a self-penned evaluation of its secret data-crunching centre – a shadowy program now at the centre of intense controversy, newly released documents show. The…
Supreme Court of Canada rules banks not prohibited by PIPEDA from disclosing mortgage statements to creditors trying to seize property
November 17, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterA bank holding a mortgage on property that a creditor is attempting to seize from the property owner is not precluded, by the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, from disclosing the mortgage discharge statement to the creditor, the…