2026-09-18 · Global News
🔮 According to the PIPEDA: “An organization shall report to the Commissioner any breach of security safeguards involving personal information under its control if it is reasonable in the circumstances to believe that the breach creates a real risk of significant harm to an individual.”
Examples of “significant harm” under that legislation include, but are not limited to “financial loss, identity theft, negative effects on the credit record.”
The spokesperson for the federal privacy commissioner was not able to confirm other specifics to Global News, and it is still not clear how many Canadians may have had their personal information exposed, including driver’s licences. mixed