A Calgary man is coming forward with his concerns after discovering a website that features live security camera feeds from around the world.

Nova Scotia RCMP confirms it used the Web Identity Search Tool software between 2017 and 2018, but says it did not use it to search privatized friends lists.

The incident at Desjardins compromised the data of nearly 9.7 million Canadians.

The Justice Department recently issued a discussion paper on revising the Privacy Act, which regulates the federal public sector's collection, use and disclosure of personal data.

The bill, to be tabled as early as this week, would be a step toward realizing commitments set out in the mandate letter of Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains.

Amid COVID-19 surges, researchers hope that the evaluation tool can not only help policymakers select an app, but also help increase public confidence in it.

"We have very, very strict policies and procedures in place to protect our customers' privacy and confidentiality, and those procedures and processes weren't followed in this instance."

The NSHA says the privacy breach involves two employees, but won’t comment on their employment status.

The Trump administration's move to ban the popular app over cyber security concerns has since raised the same question for their neighbours north of the border.

“We’re getting to smaller geographic units and I think that trend of going in that direction is positive.”