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Following privacy breach, BC may create a chief privacy officer position
British Columbia’s provincial government will explore creating a new chief privacy officer position following a recent privacy breach scandal involving the personal information of 1,400 government clients. “It’s one of the things we are considering,” says Citizens’ Services Minister Ben Stewart.
The announcement comes on the heels of a report this week from Acting Privacy Commissioner Paul Fraser calling for the creation of a new executive-level post to help educate government employees on what to do in the case of privacy breaches.
Fraser noted in a recent report on the breach that the ministries responsible for the data involved had failed to make adequate security arrangements to protect the information, and although the breach was discovered in April, nothing was done about it until October. Such breaches, he says, show the government needs a CPO to ensure privacy breaches are dealt with appropriately. Canadian Press article.
Minister Stewart has said he will assess what changes are needed based on Fraser’s report and an internal review released earlier this month.
Full article, Times Colonist
Information and Privacy Commissioner news release Feb. 8, 2010-02-11
Information and Privacy Commissioner Investigation Report F10-01 on Privacy and security failings in two BC government ministries
British Columbia’s provincial government will explore creating a new chief privacy officer position following a recent privacy breach scandal involving the personal information of 1,400 government clients. “It’s one of the things we are considering,” says Citizens’ Services Minister Ben Stewart.
The announcement comes on the heels of a report this week from Acting Privacy Commissioner Paul Fraser calling for the creation of a new executive-level post to help educate government employees on what to do in the case of privacy breaches.
Fraser noted in a recent report on the breach that the ministries responsible for the data involved had failed to make adequate security arrangements to protect the information, and although the breach was discovered in April, nothing was done about it until October. Such breaches, he says, show the government needs a CPO to ensure privacy breaches are dealt with appropriately. Canadian Press article.
Minister Stewart has said he will assess what changes are needed based on Fraser’s report and an internal review released earlier this month.
Full article, Times Colonist
Information and Privacy Commissioner news release Feb. 8, 2010-02-11
Information and Privacy Commissioner Investigation Report F10-01 on Privacy and security failings in two BC government ministries