The theft of a charity's entire database containing the personal information of more than 27,000 clients, donors, volunteers and employees reveals a major gap in Alberta's privacy legislation, an expert says. A spokesperson for Alberta privacy commissioner Jill Clayton said the office is conducting a review to determine if it has jurisdiction over this case. Sharon Polsky, president of the Privacy and Access Council of Canada, said this privacy breach highlights the need for privacy legislation to be updated across the country. "Yet the organizations that are there to help them have no legal obligation to secure and protect their personal information," she said. He said Meals on Wheels initially believed the data was encrypted, but then discovered it was not.

Source: CBC News July 11, 2021 09:56 UTC