The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada recently
released its investigation report regarding an incident involving Employment
and Social Development Canada (ESDC) that occurred in January 2013.
Over a year ago, a hard drive used for backing up information stored the central computer was misplaced by employees at ESDC. Due to the
disappearance of a portable hard drive, the personal information of 583,000 student loan recipients
may be at risk.
In class, we often talk about the safety of information
stored on our computers or in the cloud. However, this incident should serve as
a reminder to us of the importance of the physical storage device we use to
carry our information.
The news release can be accessed here.
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