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The Manitoba Ombudsman has made nine recommendations to the provincial government following a data breach last summer that sent affected 8,900 children receiving services from the Children’s disAbility Services program of Manitoba Families.
“This privacy breach was unprecedented in scope for this province,” said Ombudsman Jill Perron, in a press release. “When those affected are vulnerable children and youth, the impact of a privacy breach of sensitive personal health information for those children and their families can be devastating.”
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Unprecedented breach involving personal information of 8,900 kids could have been avoided: ombudsman
A 2020 email containing the personal information of 8,900 kids involved with Children s Disability Services was only supposed to go to the Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth, but about 100 service agencies and community advocates were accidentally blind copied.
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Posted: Apr 29, 2021 4:05 PM CT | Last Updated: April 29
Manitoba ombudsman Jill Perron made nine recommendations to Manitoba Families as a result of the investigation into the 2020 privacy breach incident, all of which were accepted.(Cultura RF/Getty Images)
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