Personal data of 5,000 Canadians lost by federal worker

[Locutus]

Well played.


LONDON, Ont. - An electronic storage device containing the personal information of about 5,000 Canadians has gone missing at the federal department responsible for pensions and employment programs, QMI Agency has learned.An employee with Human Resources and Skills Development Canada lost a USB key containing social insurance numbers, medical records and other information.

The department confirmed the loss Friday and said it's continuing to search for the USB key.

Most privacy advocates say such information should never be transferred from main government data banks.


Sun News : Personal data of 5,000 Canadians lost by federal worker

 

[L Gilbert]

Sun News : Personal data of 5,000 Canadians lost by federal worker
Well played.

Yep. WTG, Grace!

 

[Sal]

If they confirmed the loss Friday it's been gone much much longer than that.

 

[L Gilbert]

Smooth move, x-lax.

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

This sort of thing happens to me all the time. Heck, I even lost an entire manuscript that had the working title: 50 Shades of White and Black mixed together.

 

[damngrumpy]

These sorts of things happen all the time as well, and have for decades.
I remember back in the seventies they had me listed as deceased want
to try to fix that? God what a process. You have all your information
and the governments takes it because you are dead. You have to prove
you are alive other than just by yelling at them.