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Canada Post to review use of personal data after breaking privacy lawsCanada Post said in a statement that it is committed to the Privacy Act and the protections it places on personal data, after originally disputing the privacy watchdog's findings.CanadaSep 22
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Is your data safe with Canada Post? What we know about privacy law violationsCanada Post's gathering of personal information for a marketing program sold to businesses is “absolutely outrageous," a former privacy commissioner says.CanadaSep 21
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Nova Scotia identifies thousands of stolen records in global security breachThe stolen information includes 55,000 records with names, addresses, dates of birth and years of service involving past and present teachers.CanadaJun 9
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Text message scam claims to be Alberta government affordability paymentsThe province is warning people about a scam where text messages claiming to be from the government invite Albertans to register for affordability payments by clicking a bank link.CrimeJan 20
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Sobeys data breach serves as wake up call for industry: expertProvincial privacy watchdogs in Quebec and Alberta say they have received data breach reports from Sobeys, which has been dealing with "IT system" issues for much of the past week.ConsumerNov 11, 2022
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Quebec court approves $200.9M settlement against Desjardins over data breachFor 26 months, a rogue employee was siphoning sensitive personal information collected by Desjardins from customers who had purchased or received products through the organization.CanadaJun 17, 2022
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Nova Scotia Health warns of COVID-19-related phone scamThe scam involves an automated call notifying people that they are a close contact of a COVID-19 case, or have tested positive for COVID-19.CanadaFeb 28, 2022
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Sobeys says request to use personal information of COVID-19 vaccine recipients was a mistakeMany Canadians hoping for relief from the COVID-19 health crisis have faced questionable calls to share their personal information, some mistakenly and others maliciously.HealthMar 11, 2021
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Quebec tables bill to give families of missing Indigenous children access to recordsSeveral dozen children died or were placed in foster care after being admitted to health or social-services facilities between the 1950s and 1989.CanadaDec 9, 2020
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N.L. warns residents warned about fraudulent calls alleging to be province’s top doctorThe province stresses that its top doctor is not going to call and ask for your personal information.CrimeOct 28, 2020
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