B.C. nurse suspended for snooping patient records
A nurse in Metro Vancouver has been suspended for two weeks and ordered to take remedial education after she accessed the personal health records of several people for no work-related…
ICBC ordered to pay damages for privacy breach that resulted in arsons, shootings
A B.C. court has ordered ICBC to pay $15,000 in damages to each of nearly 80 people whose personal information was accessed by a former employee and sold to a…
Privacy watchdogs probing B.C. firm that runs tenant background checks
The privacy commissioners of Canada and British Columbia have launched an investigation into a Victoria-based company that performs background checks on tenants and others. They say in a joint statement…
London Drugs employee data leaked on dark web
More than three weeks after a cybersecurity breach forced London Drugs Ltd. to temporarily close its stores, the Vancouver-based retailer acknowledged that sensitive employee data have been leaked. Russian malware…
State actor blamed for cyberattack on B.C. government systems
The head of B.C.’s public service has announced that there is a high degree of confidence a state or state-sponsored actor attempted to breach government systems in a cyberattack. Shannon…
News for Monday, June 3, 2013
Rob Ford gets stern letter from Ontario Privacy Commissioner about destroyed records. http://t.co/Xb2XDcVWBi -> Leaky Apps Raise Privacy Concerns in This Week’s Dangerous Android Apps. http://t.co/NlPUqFNNeZ -> Bar groups rally…