While a portion of Nova Scotia’s FOIPOP system was brought back online on Sept. 5, it only included the ability to download previously completed FOI requests. That is now going to change. Continue reading
Police say that suspects are leaving messages or are calling claiming the person owes money and if they do not pay they are going to jail. Police say the CRA does not leave these types of messages. Continue reading
“If you’re a savvy computer user, you have to treat everything you put online as public domain; which it is. We’re much more exposed than we possibly think.” Continue reading
The government says it is in the process of reaching out to people whose data may have been accessed and informing them of the breach. However, the province says that no financial information is at risk. Continue reading
Did Equifax require the Social Insurance Numbers of the affected Canadians? Not necessarily, but they did nothing wrong in asking for and collecting it. Continue reading
TransUnion argues that the information would help it better detect identity theft. Continue reading
It’s only a matter of time before the federal government drops any mention of gender from government-issued identification. Continue reading
A New Democrat MP says the Canada Revenue Agency twice mailed batches of private information — including names and social insurance numbers — to the wrong people in his riding. Continue reading
Health care is a treasure trove for criminals looking to steal reams of personal information, as the hacking of a database maintained by the second-largest U.S. health insurer proves. Continue reading
Police have charged a 19-year-old man in relation to the security breach on the Canada Revenue Agency’s website, which resulted in roughly 900 social insurance numbers being stolen from the site. Continue reading