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16 January 2015

Canadian Privacy Commissioner Confirms Doubling Of Government Data Breaches Between FY 2013 And 2014

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On October 30, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released its annual report.
Canada Privacy

On October 30, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released its annual report, which found that the number of data breaches reported to Canada's Federal Privacy Agency by other Canadian government agencies more than doubled during the 2013–2014 fiscal year, but the number of privacy complaints filed by individual Canadians decreased.

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