Personal Information

• Quebec court approves $200.9M settlement against Desjardins over data breach

  For 26 months, a rogue employee was siphoning sensitive personal information collected by Desjardins from customers who had purchased or received products through the organization.

  Canada

  Jun 17
  
• Nova Scotia Health warns of COVID-19-related phone scam

  The 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.

  Canada

  Feb 28
  
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• Sobeys says request to use personal information of COVID-19 vaccine recipients was a mistake

  Many Canadians hoping for relief from the COVID-19 health crisis have faced questionable calls to share their personal information, some mistakenly and others maliciously.

  Health

  Mar 11, 2021
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• Quebec tables bill to give families of missing Indigenous children access to records

  Several dozen children died or were placed in foster care after being admitted to health or social-services facilities between the 1950s and 1989.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2020
• N.L. warns residents warned about fraudulent calls alleging to be province’s top doctor

  The province stresses that its top doctor is not going to call and ask for your personal information.

  Crime

  Oct 28, 2020
• University of Lethbridge reveals details regarding privacy breach at health centre

  The University of Lethbridge says an Excel document with personal information of 1,225 patients at its health centre was inadvertently shared with a student.

  Health

  Jul 15, 2020
• Coronavirus: Could Alberta use smartphone apps to track patients, enforce quarantine?

  After Alberta's premier brought up the possibility of using smartphone apps to enforce quarantine orders, a former privacy commissioner and developer weigh in on balancing privacy and public health.

  Canada

  Apr 8, 2020
• Privacy experts raise red flags as Ontario first responders get access to COVID-19 info

  "I want some clear limitations on what people are permitted to do with it," Ontario's former privacy commissioner said Tuesday.

  Canada

  Apr 7, 2020
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• Ad company AggregateIQ broke privacy laws on Brexit, U.S. politics, investigation finds

  An investigation has found a B.C. tech company, breached privacy rules when it used personal information of millions B.C., U.S. and U.K. voters.

  Politics

  Nov 26, 2019
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• Data breach of 23,000 Revenu Québec employees leads to 2 arrests

  The Sûreté du Québec say officers arrested a 39-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man from Quebec City on Wednesday morning.

  Crime

  Aug 7, 2019