[Dataloss] Canada: 32,000 farmers data on stolen laptop
lyger
lyger at attrition.org
Thu Jun 5 03:37:33 UTC 2008
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/story/4182176p-4771903c.html
It took more than two months for a federal government agency to alert
32,000 farmers, including 7,000 Manitobans, that their private information
was in unknown hands after a laptop was stolen.
The news comes on the heels of an annual report released this week by
Canada's privacy commissioner, which blasted the private sector for
failing to protect personal information.
Although the theft happened March 30, Canadians weren't sent letters until
last week informing them their social insurance numbers, bank account
numbers and other data had been stored on a laptop stolen from the
Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA).
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